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 == Sea Lane of Strategic Importance ==
 The 200 kilometres of the Nine Degree Channel separating [[Kalpeni]] and [[Suheli Par]] from Minicoy sees the passage of nearly all merchant shipping between Europe, the Middle-East and Western Asia with South-East Asia and the Far-East.
 ==See also==

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Maliku Atoll is a local name. General readers from across India find it difficult to understand Maliku as the standard maps, even that on Wikipedia, show it as Minicoy.

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The '''Nine Degree Channel''' is a [[channel (geography)|channel]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] between the [[Laccadive Islands]] of [[Kalpeni]] and [[Suheli Par]], and [[Maliku Atoll]] (Minicoy Island).<ref>''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute'', National Geospatial-intelligence Agency</ref> These two subgroups of islands, together with the [[Amindivi]] Subgroup, form the [[India]]n [[Union territory|Union Territory (UT)]] of [[Lakshadweep]].<ref>[http://theindianlawyer.in/statutesnbareacts/acts/l2.html An Act to alter the name of the Union territory of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands]</ref>

The Channel is approximately 200 km wide with a depth of 2597 metres. The [[Investigator Bank]] is located in the southern region of the channel.

It is so named as it lies on the [[9th parallel north|9-degree line of Latitude]], north of the [[equator]].

== Sea Lane of Strategic Importance ==
The 200 kilometres of the Nine Degree Channel separating [[Kalpeni]] and [[Suheli Par]] from Minicoy sees the passage of nearly all merchant shipping between Europe, the Middle-East and Western Asia with South-East Asia and the Far-East.

==Gallery of nearby important channels==

<gallery>
File:Tamil Nadu topo deutsch mit Gebirgen.png|[[Gulf of Mannar]]
File:Andaman_nicobar_76.jpg|[[Cocos Strait]], [[Duncan Passage]] and other Indian channels
File:India_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_relief_map.png|[[Ten Degrees Channel]]
File:Strait_of_malacca.jpg|[[Malacca Strait]]
File:Straits_of_Singapore_locator_map.PNG|[[Singapore Strait]]
File:Sunda_Strait_map-fr.svg|[[Sunda Strait]]
File:Lombok_strait.png|[[Lombok Strait]]
File:My-map.png|South China Sea, [[Malacca Strait]], [[Gulf of Thailand]], [[Sulu Sea]], [[Celebes Sea]]
</gallery>

==See also==
; Geostrategic context
* [[Andaman Sea]]
* [[Bay of Bengal]]
* [[Arabian Sea]]
* [[Exclusive economic zone of India]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/pollux/pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/pub173/173sec05.pdf Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)]

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[[Category:Landforms of Lakshadweep]]
[[Category:Channels of the Indian Ocean]]
[[Category:Straits of India]]

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27.100.13.187: Maliku Atoll is a local name. General readers from across India find it difficult to understand Maliku as the standard maps, even that on Wikipedia, show it as Minicoy.