<P> The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands from each other in the Bay of Bengal . The two sets of islands together form the Indian Union Territory ( UT ) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands . This channel is 150 km wide from north to south , and approximately 10 km long from east to west . It is so named as it lies on the 10 - degree line of latitude , north of the equator . It is said that when Western Trade wind was used by Arabians they crossed through this channel in fifteenth Century . </P>
<P> The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands from each other in the Bay of Bengal . The two sets of islands together form the Indian Union Territory ( UT ) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands . This channel is 150 km wide from north to south , and approximately 10 km long from east to west . It is so named as it lies on the 10 - degree line of latitude , north of the equator . It is said that when Western Trade wind was used by Arabians they crossed through this channel in fifteenth Century . </P>
which water body separate andaman and nicobar island
which water body separate andaman and nicobar island
The Ten Degree Channel
The Ten Degree Channel