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'''Maliku Kandu''' and '''Māmalē Kandu''' [[Dhivehi language|Divehi]] are the traditional names of the broad '''Minicoy Channel''' between [[Maliku Atoll|Minicoy]] (Maliku in Dhivehi) and Ihavandippolhu ([[Northern Thiladhunmathi Atoll]]) in the north of the [[Maldives]]. The latter name is given after the [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] merchant Maamaley Marakkaaru who controlled most of the sea trade along this route before the arrival of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean.<ref>Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.</ref> The [[maritime boundary]] between the Maldives and [[India]] runs through the channel.<br />
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In the British [[Admiralty charts]] it is called '''Eight Degree Channel'''. It is so named as it lies on the [[8th parallel north|8-degree line of Latitude]], north of the [[equator]]. Another local name for this channel is Addigiri Kandu.<br />
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This channel appeared in old French maps with the name '''''Courant de Malicut'''''.<br />
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==History==<br />
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Traditionally the northernmost atoll of the Maldives was [[Minicoy]] (Maliku). Fishermen from [[Thuraakunu]] and from Minicoy often crossed the Maliku Kandu on their boats to visit each other's islands. Marriage alliances were common.<br />
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Nowadays Minicoy is a part of [[India]] and communication between Minicoy and Maldives by sea is highly restricted.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [[Xavier Romero-Frias]], ''The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom.'' 1999, {{ISBN|84-7254-801-5}}<br />
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[[Category:Channels of the Maldives]]<br />
[[Category:Channels of the Indian Ocean]]<br />
[[Category:Landforms of Lakshadweep]]<br />
[[Category:India–Maldives border]]<br />
[[Category:International straits]]<br />
[[Category:Straits of India]]</div>->Ken Tony