Badung Strait is a strait on the south east side of Bali in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. It lies between the islands of Bali and

Nusa Penida Nusa Penida ( ban, ᬦᬸᬲᬧᭂᬦᬶᬤ, Nusa Penida, Penida Island) is an island located in the southeastern Indonesian island of Bali and a district of Klungkung Regency that includes the neighbouring small island of Nusa Lembongan and twelv ...

. It is about 60 km long and 20 km wide.

History

In February 1942, the

battle of Badung Strait The Battle of Badung Strait was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the night of 19/20 February 1942 in Badung Strait (not to be confused with the West Java city of Bandung) between the American-British-Dutch-A ...

was fought here. It is usually reported as a body of water that has accidents and mishaps

Tourist attractions

On the shores of the bay are resort and tourist areas, which are widely known internationally, in particular,

Nusa Dua Nusa Dua is a resort area built in the 1970s in the southern part of Bali, Indonesia. Known as an enclave of large five-star resorts, it covers 350 hectares of land and encloses more than 20 resorts. It is located 22 kilometers from Denpasar, t ...

Tanjung Benoa Tanjung Benoa is a peninsula that is a subdistrict (''kelurahan'') of Kuta South South Kuta (Indonesian: ''Kuta Selatan'') is a district (''kecamatan'') within Badung Regency of Bali. It consists of Nusa Dua, a large peninsula projecting south f ...

and Sanur.

References

Straits of Indonesia Landforms of Bali Lesser Sunda Islands {{Bali-geo-stub