Malacca
STRAIT OF, a channel separating the Malay Peninsula on the N. E. from the island of Sumatra on the S. W., and connecting the Indian Ocean with the Chinese Sea; length, 480 miles; breadth, from 30 miles at the S. E. to 115 miles at the N. W. extremity. On this strait are the British settlements of Malacca, Penang, etc.