China Strait

{{short description|Strait in Papua New Guinea}}

{{infobox body of water|type=strait|location=Papua New Guinea|coordinates={{coord|10|35|00|S |150|41|00|E|display=inline,title}}|pushpin_map=Papua New Guinea |pushpin_map_alt= Location of the China Strait}}

File:China Strait nautical chart, Published 1888.jpg

The China Strait is a navigable strait in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea between mainland New Guinea and Samarai Island.{{cite web |title=China Strait |url=https://www.geonames.org/2133754/china%20strait.html |website=Geonames |accessdate=4 April 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Murray |first1=Hubert |title=Papua : or, British New Guinea |date=1912 |publisher=T. Fisher Unwin |location=London |page=39|url=https://archive.org/details/papuaorbritishne00murr/page/38}}{{cite book |last1=Lyne |first1=Charles |title=New Guinea. An account of the establishment of the British protectorate over the southern shores of New Guinea. |date=1885 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington |location=London |page=192|url=https://archive.org/details/newguineaaccount00newgrich/page/192}} The strait, {{convert|4|nmi|km|0}} in length and {{convert|.75|nmi|km|0}} wide, connects the Solomon Sea with the Coral Sea{{cn|date=April 2020}}.