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{{Infobox body of water
|name = Duncan Passage
|pushpin_map = Bay of Bengal
|pushpin_label_position = left
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in the [[Bay of Bengal]].
|coordinates = {{coord|11|2|N|92|35|E|display=inline}}
|type = [[channel (geography)|Channel]]
|part_of = [[Indian Ocean]]
}}
[[File:Duncan Passage.svg|300px|thumb|Duncan Passage]]

'''Duncan Passage''' is a [[strait]] in the [[Bay of Bengal]]. It is about {{convert|48|km|abbr=on}} wide; it separates [[Rutland Island]] (part of [[Great Andaman]] and [[South Andaman]] administrative division) to the north, and [[Little Andaman]] to the south. West of Duncan Passage is the [[Bay of Bengal]]; east is the [[Andaman Sea]]. It lies within the [[exclusive economic zone of India]] protected by the integrated tri-services [[Andaman and Nicobar Command]] of [[Indian Military]].

It sits between [[The Sisters (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)|The Sisters]] island off [[South Andaman Island]] and [[North Brother Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)|North Brother Island]] off [[Little Andaman]] with a minimum depth of 21.9 m.<ref name=chan2>Prashant sharma,[https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=PlmxDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=channel+between+India+and+sri+lanka&source=bl&ots=xShrmu0Xjf&sig=ACfU3U2G0ZXt9Yto7RMG68joq5qLOqUJWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjMocXOlLjqAhWIb30KHerzBLsQ6AEwE3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=channel%20between%20India%20and%20sri%20lanka&f=false Geography FAQ: for SSC, Bank PO, Railway, UPSC exams and CDS], page 8.</ref><ref name=stra7>2002, [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=86ffAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA238&dq=Duncan+passage+depth&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2xKiwu7jqAhUKA3IKHaOkBI0Q6AEwAnoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=Duncan%20passage%20depth&f=false Sailing Directions (enroute) for India and the Bay of Bengal]</ref>

[[Manners Strait]] is the branch of Duncan Passage that lies between North Cinque Island and Rutland Island.

== Islands along Duncan Passage ==

Several small islands and islets lie along the passage. North to south, they are:
* [[North Cinque Island]]
* [[South Cinque Island]]
* [[Passage Island (Andaman)|Passage Island]]
* [[Sister Islands (Andaman)|The Sisters]]
* [[North Brother Island, India|North Brother Island]]
* [[South Brother Island, India|South Brother Island]]

== Nearby major channels and straits ==
===In Andamans===
* [[Cocos Strait]]
* [[Ten Degree Channel]]
* Duncan Passage
* [[Six Degree Channel]]<ref name=chan3>Mohor Chakraborty and Tridib Chakraborti, 2020, [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=OTDLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT22&dq=%22Six+Degree+Channel%22+%2B+grand+or+great&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixuq-BpLjqAhVQ6nMBHSV3AFAQ6AEwAnoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Six%20Degree%20Channel%22%20%2B%20grand%20or%20great&f=false India's Strategy in the South China Seabooks].</ref>

===Outside Andaman===
* [[Palk strait]]
* [[Malacca Strait]]
* [[Singapore Strait]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enc3p/271690|title=СИНГАПУРСКИЙ ПРОЛИВ - это... Что такое СИНГАПУРСКИЙ ПРОЛИВ?|work=Словари и энциклопедии на Академике|access-date=2018-07-29|language=ru}}</ref>
* [[Sunda Strait]]<ref>"Sunda Islands". Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. [[John Everett-Heath]]. Oxford University Press 2005. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.</ref><ref name="Freeman">Donald B. Freeman, ''The Straits of Malacca: Gateway Or Gauntlet?''. McGill-Queen's Press, 2006.</ref><ref name=stra5>[http://www.cm-soms.com/uploads/2/72/CF4.3.3%20The%20Designation%20of%20Routeing%20Measures%20in%20Lombok%20and%20Sunda%20Straits%20(Indonesia).pdf The designaiton of routing measures in Sunda and Lombok Straits].</ref>
* [[Lombok Strait]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/18_4/18.4_susanto_et_al.pdf |title=Ocean Internal Waves Observed in the Lombok Strait |last=Susanto |first=R. Dwi |author2=Leonid Mitnik |author3=Quanan Zheng |journal=Oceanography |volume=18 |number=4 |pages=83 |format=PDF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009174634/http://www.tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/18_4/18.4_susanto_et_al.pdf |date=December 2005 |archivedate= 9 October 2011 |accessdate=16 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=stra4>[https://www.c3sindia.org/defence-security/indias-strategic-dimensions-in-malacca-strait-by-vithiyapathy-p/ India’s Strategic Dimensions in Malacca Strait By Vithiyapathy Purushothaman], 16 March 2015.</ref><ref name=stra5/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Tamil Nadu topo deutsch mit Gebirgen.png|Gulf of Mannar
File:Andaman_nicobar_76.jpg|Cocos Strait, Duncan Passage
File:Andaman_Islands.PNG|Cocos Strait is at the northern end of Andaman Islands in red square
File:India_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_relief_map.png|Ten Degrees Channel
File:Ten_Degree_Channel,_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands,_India.png|Ten Degrees Channel, closeup
File:Strait_of_malacca.jpg|Malacca Strait
File:Straits_of_Singapore_locator_map.PNG|Singapore Strait
File:Sunda_Strait_map-fr.svg|Sunda Strait
File:Lombok_strait.png|Lombok Strait
File:My-map.png|South China Sea, [[Malacca Strait]], [[Gulf of Thailand]], [[Sulu Sea]], [[Celebes Sea]]
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Straits of India]]
[[Category:Straits of the Indian Ocean]]
[[Category:Landforms of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]

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