The Nine Degree Channel is a
channel in the
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...
between the
Laccadive Islands
The Laccadive or Cannanore Islands are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is the central subgroup of the Lakshadweep, separated from the Amindivi Islands subgroup roughly by the 11th parallel ...
of
Kalpeni
Kalpeni is an inhabited Atoll in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India.
It has a distance of west of the city of Kochi.
Geography
Kalpeni is west from the port of Kochi and lies south of Andrott and to the NNE of Minicoy, with the br ...
and
Suheli Par, and
Maliku Atoll
Minicoy, locally known as Maliku (), is an island in Lakshadweep, India. Along with Viringili, it is on ''Maliku atoll'', the southernmost atoll of Lakshadweep archipelago. Administratively, it is a census town in the Indian union territory o ...
(Minicoy Island). These two subgroups of islands, together with the
Amindivi
The Aminidivi Islands, are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is the northern group of the Lakshadweep, separated from the Laccadive Islands subgroup roughly by the 11th parallel north. The total ...
Subgroup, form the
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
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Union Territory (UT) of
Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep (), also known as Laccadives (), is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands in the Arabian sea, located off the Malabar Coast.
The name ''Lakshadweep'' means "one lakh islands" in Sanskrit, though the Lac ...
.
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
9-degree line of Latitude, north of the
equator.
Sea Lane of Strategic Importance
The 200 kilometres of the Nine Degree Channel separating
Kalpeni
Kalpeni is an inhabited Atoll in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India.
It has a distance of west of the city of Kochi.
Geography
Kalpeni is west from the port of Kochi and lies south of Andrott and to the NNE of Minicoy, with the br ...
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
; Geostrategic context
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Andaman Sea
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Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line betwee ...
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Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...
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Exclusive economic zone of India
India has the 18th-largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with a total size of . It includes the Lakshadweep island group in the Laccadive Sea off the southwestern coast of India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands at the Bay of Bengal and the A ...
References
External links
Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)
Landforms of Lakshadweep
Channels of the Indian Ocean
Straits of India
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