Laccadive Sea

The Lakkadivensee (known under the English name Laccadive Sea also ) is a 786,000 km ² large marginal sea of ​​the Indian Ocean between India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. The average depth is 1929 meters, while the maximum depth of 4131 meters.

The sea area is claimed Lakshadweep, a group of islands belonging to India in the union territory of Lakshadweep, named. In the northwest the Lakkadivensee bordering the Arabian Sea. Most oceanographers see the Lakkadivensee as part of the Arabian Sea. The Gulf of Mannar is the easternmost part of the Lakkadivensee. It is bordered by the Adam's Bridge between the Indian mainland and Sri Lanka, which is the border to the east adjoining the Bay of Bengal.

The limits of Lakkadivensee were by the International Hydrographic Organization established as follows: f1 map with all coordinates: OSM, Google and Bing

  • Western boundary: a straight line from the fortress Sadashivgad in Karwar in Karnataka on the west coast of the Indian mainland, 14 ° 48 '0 "N, 74 ° 7' 0 " O14.874.116666666667 for submarine atoll Corah divh, the northernmost point Lakshadweeps 13 ° 42 '0 "N, 72 ° 10' 0" O13.772.166666666667; thence following the course of the Laccadive - Chagos ridge along the West side of the Lakshadweep, Maldives and amine divas to the southernmost point of the Maldives, Addu Atoll Gan Iceland in 0 ° 42 ' 4.1 "S, 73 ° 9' 14" O 0.7011388888888973.153888888889
  • Southern boundary: a straight line from the southern tip of Sri Lanka Gan Iceland, Dondra Head 5 ° 55 ' 7.7 "N, 80 ° 35' 25 " O5.918805555555680.590277777778
  • Eastern boundary: The western coast of Sri Lanka
  • Northeastern limit: The Adam's Bridge between the Indian mainland and Sri Lanka (Gulf of Mannar ) 9 ° 5 ' 38 "N, 79 ° 32 ' 48" O9.093888888888979.546666666667
  • Northern boundary: The Indian mainland
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