{"id":62221,"date":"2025-11-23T14:10:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T08:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62221"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:41:52","slug":"strait-of-malacca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/strait-of-malacca\/","title":{"rendered":"Strait of Malacca"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Strait of Malacca Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new cyclonic circulation recently developed over the central region of the Strait of Malacca, reaching an altitude of 5.8 km.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Strait of Malacca<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>connects <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>South China Sea (Pacific Ocean).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>runs between the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the west and peninsular (West) Malaysia and extreme southern Thailand to the east.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Strait of Malacca\u2019s<\/span><b> name was derived from the Malacca Sultanate, who governed the archipelago from 1400 until 1511.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strait has a width of about 890 kilometres and a depth of 25 meters.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an area of about 25,000 square miles (65,000 sq.km.).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>climate <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the strait is <\/span><b>hot and humid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is characterized by the <\/span><b>northeast monsoon during the (northern) winter <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>southwest monsoon during the summer.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It links the Indian and Pacific oceans and is one of the busiest and most <\/span><b>important shipping lanes in the world.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia control the joint patrolling <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Malacca Strait.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roughly <\/span><b>60% of India\u2019s seaborne trade <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>almost all of its LNG imports pass through the Malacca Strait.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\">The route is also a <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">choke point for Chinese shipping,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which makes it strategically sensitive.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/weather\/cyclonic-circulation-forms-over-strait-of-malacca-odisha-weather-expert-shares-depression-alert-10791556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ODTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans and is one of the world\u2019s busiest, most strategic maritime routes. 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