UPSC CDS 1 2021 GK Paper

* The Ten Degree Channel, a segment of the Parallel corresponding to 10 degree North Latitude, separates the Andaman &Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
* The two groups of islands together form the Indian Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
* This channel is 150 km wide.
* It is also said that when Western Trade wind was used by Arabians they crossed via this channel in the fifteenth Century.