Duncan Passage
| Duncan Passage | |
|---|---|
  Duncan Passage Location in the Bay of Bengal. | |
| Coordinates | 11°2′N 92°35′E / 11.033°N 92.583°E |
| Type | Channel |
| Part of | Indian Ocean |
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:
- North Cinque Island
- South Cinque Island
- Passage Island
- The Sisters
- North Brother Island
- South Brother Island
Nearby major channels and straits
[edit]In Andamans
[edit]- Cocos Strait
- Ten Degree Channel
- Duncan Passage
- Six Degree Channel[3]
Outside Andaman
[edit]Gallery
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Gulf of Mannar -
Cocos Strait, Duncan Passage -
Cocos Strait is at the northern end of Andaman Islands in red square -
Ten Degrees Channel -
Ten Degrees Channel, closeup -
Malacca Strait -
Singapore Strait -
Sunda Strait -
Lombok Strait -
References
[edit]- ^ Prashant sharma,Geography FAQ: for SSC, Bank PO, Railway, UPSC exams and CDS, page 8.
- ^ 2002, Sailing Directions (enroute) for India and the Bay of Bengal
- ^ Mohor Chakraborty and Tridib Chakraborti, 2020, India's Strategy in the South China Seabooks.
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- ^ "Sunda Islands". Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. John Everett-Heath. Oxford University Press 2005. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Donald B. Freeman, The Straits of Malacca: Gateway Or Gauntlet?. McGill-Queen's Press, 2006.
- ^ a b The designaiton of routing measures in Sunda and Lombok Straits.
- ^ Susanto, R. Dwi; Leonid Mitnik; Quanan Zheng (December 2005). "Ocean Internal Waves Observed in the Lombok Strait" (PDF). Oceanography. 18 (4): 83. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2005.08. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
- ^ India’s Strategic Dimensions in Malacca Strait By Vithiyapathy Purushothaman, 16 March 2015.