Q: Which one of the following pairs of islands is separated from each other by the ‘Ten Degree Channel’?
a) Andaman and Nicobar
b) Nicobar and Sumatra
c) Maldives and Lakshadweep
d) Sumatra and Java
The correct answer is Option 1.
Ten Degree Channel
- It separates the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands from each other in the Bay of Bengal and forms the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Hence, Option 1 is correct.
- It is 150km wide from north to south and 10km long from east to west with a minimum depth of 7.3m.
- It is so named as it lies on the 10-degree line of Latitude, north of the equator.
- The Lakshadweep Islands and Maliku Atoll are separated by the Nine-degree channel.
- The Grand Channel is between the Great Nicobar islands and the Sumatra islands of Indonesia.
- Minicoy channel is a small eight-degree channel that separates Maldives and Lakshadweep.
- Sumatra and Java are separated by Sunda Strait.
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