Duncan Passage

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Duncan Passage
Duncan Passage is located in Bay of Bengal
Duncan Passage
Duncan Passage
Location in the Bay of Bengal.
Coordinates11°2′N 92°35′E / 11.033°N 92.583°E / 11.033; 92.583
TypeChannel
Part ofIndian Ocean
Duncan Passage

Duncan Passage is a strait in the Bay of Bengal. It is about 48 km (30 mi) wide; it separates Rutland Island (part of Great Andaman and South Andaman administrative division) to the north, and Little Andaman to the south. West of Duncan Passage is the Bay of Bengal; east is the Andaman Sea. It lies within the exclusive economic zone of India protected by the integrated tri-services Andaman and Nicobar Command of Indian Military.

It sits between The Sisters island off South Andaman Island and North Brother Island off Little Andaman with a minimum depth of 21.9 m.[1][2]

Manners Strait is the branch of Duncan Passage that lies between North Cinque Island and Rutland Island.

Islands along Duncan Passage[edit]

Several small islands and islets lie along the passage. North to south, they are:

Nearby major channels and straits[edit]

In Andamans[edit]

Outside Andaman[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • Gulf of Mannar

    Gulf of Mannar

  • Cocos Strait, Duncan Passage

    Cocos Strait, Duncan Passage

  • Cocos Strait is at the northern end of Andaman Islands in red square

    Cocos Strait is at the northern end of Andaman Islands in red square

  • Ten Degrees Channel

    Ten Degrees Channel

  • Ten Degrees Channel, closeup

    Ten Degrees Channel, closeup

  • Malacca Strait

    Malacca Strait

  • Singapore Strait

    Singapore Strait

  • Sunda Strait

    Sunda Strait

  • Lombok Strait

    Lombok Strait

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Prashant sharma,Geography FAQ: for SSC, Bank PO, Railway, UPSC exams and CDS, page 8.
  2. ↑ 2002, Sailing Directions (enroute) for India and the Bay of Bengal
  3. ↑ Mohor Chakraborty and Tridib Chakraborti, 2020, India's Strategy in the South China Seabooks.
  4. ↑ "СИНГАПУРСКИЙ ПРОЛИВ - это... Что такое СИНГАПУРСКИЙ ПРОЛИВ?". Словари и энциклопедии на Академике (in русский). Retrieved 2018-07-29.
  5. ↑ "Sunda Islands". Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. John Everett-Heath. Oxford University Press 2005. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.
  6. ↑ Donald B. Freeman, The Straits of Malacca: Gateway Or Gauntlet?. McGill-Queen's Press, 2006.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 The designaiton of routing measures in Sunda and Lombok Straits.
  8. ↑ Susanto, R. Dwi; Leonid Mitnik; Quanan Zheng (December 2005). "Ocean Internal Waves Observed in the Lombok Strait" (PDF). Oceanography. p. 83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
  9. ↑ India’s Strategic Dimensions in Malacca Strait By Vithiyapathy Purushothaman, 16 March 2015.
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