Question

The channel separating the Andaman and Nicobar islands is called the Ten Degree Channel.Whether the given statement is true or false.

Answer 1

• The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Little Andaman and Car Nicobar 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.
  
• It is said that when Western Trade wind was used by Arabians they crossed through this channel in fifteenth Century.
  
• It is so named as it lies on the 10-degree line of latitude, north of the equator.