Laccadive Lake
The Laccadive Sea (also known by the English name Laccadive Sea ) is a 786,000 km² marginal sea of the Indian Ocean between India , the Maldives and Sri Lanka . The average depth is 1929 meters, the deepest point 4131 meters.
The sea area is named after the Laccadives , a group of islands belonging to India in the Lakshadweep Union Territory . In the northwest, the Lakkadive Sea borders the Arabian Sea . Most oceanographers consider the Laccadive Sea to be part of the Arabian Sea. The Gulf of Mannar is the easternmost part of the Lackadive Sea. It is bounded by the Adam's Bridge between the Indian mainland and Sri Lanka, which is the border to the Gulf of Bengal to the east .
The boundaries of the Lakkadive Sea were determined by the International Hydrographic Organization as follows: Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
- Western limit: A straight line from the fortress Sadashivgad in Karwar in the state of Karnataka on the west coast of India mainland 14 ° 48 '0 " N , 74 ° 7' 0" O for submarine Atoll Corah divh , the northernmost point Lakshadweeps 13 ° 42 ' 0 " N , 72 ° 10 '0" O ; from there following the course of the Laccadives-Chagos ridge along the western side of the Laccadives, Amindives and Maldives to the southernmost point of the Maldives, Gan (Atoll Addu) 0 ° 42 ′ 4 ″ S , 73 ° 9 ′ 14 ″ E
- Southern border: A straight line from Gan (Addu Atoll) to the southern tip of Sri Lanka, Dondra Head 5 ° 55 ′ 8 ″ N , 80 ° 35 ′ 25 ″ E
- Eastern border: The west coast of Sri Lanka
- Northeastern border: The Adam's Bridge between mainland India and Sri Lanka (Gulf of Mannar) 9 ° 5 ′ 38 ″ N , 79 ° 32 ′ 48 ″ E
- Northern border: Mainland India
Individual evidence
- ^ Donald G. Groves & Lee M. Hunt: The Ocean World Encyclopedia. McGraw Hill 1980. p. 195, Laccadive Sea
- ^ Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition. International Hydrographic Organization, 1953 (PDF; 994 kB)