Bashi Channel
The Bashi Channel[1] is a waterway between Y'Ami Island of the Philippines and Orchid Island of Taiwan. It is a part of the Luzon Strait in the Pacific Ocean. It is characterized by windy storms during the rainy period, June to December.
The Bashi Channel is an important passage for military operations. Both the Philippines and Taiwan dispute the ownership of the waters because both sides say the region lies within 200-nautical-mile from their shores. The channel is also significant to communication networks. Many of the undersea cables that carry data and telephone traffic between Asian countries pass through the Bashi Channel, making it a major potential point of failure for the Internet. In December 2006, a magnitude 6.7 submarine earthquake cut several undersea cables at the same time, causing a significant communications bottleneck that lasted several weeks.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Index to the New Map of China (In English and Chinese)" (in English and Traditional Chinese). Shanghai: Far Eastern Geographical Establishment. 1914. p. 142 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Lemon, Sumner (December 27, 2006). "Earthquakes Disrupt Internet Access in Asia; A Series of Powerful Earthquakes Damages Undersea Cables and Interrupts Internet Connections in Asia". PC World. Archived from the original on 3 January 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2006.
- ^ PINR report, Taiwan Quake Exposes Internet Vulnerability Archived February 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, published 15 January 2007
21°25′N 121°30′E / 21.417°N 121.500°E
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