Selat Sunda

Sunda strait is straits that connect java and sumatra in indonesia, with connect java sea with samudra indies. in cramped points, wide only around 30 km sunda strait. several isle located in this straits, is vulcanic island krakatau.
As one of the two principal tracks that flows from sea china south aim samudra indies (the other one again malacca straits), sunda strait is important fairway. although danger likes the narrow straits and reef threatens, vast shorter sunda strait from malacca strait so that ship that sail here little the possibility to blocked by pirate.
In the early 1942, at sunda strait happens battle between japanese troop that is led by young admiral kenzaburo hara drown cruiser ally uss houston and hmas perth moment second ship try to intercept japanese troop landing at java.