* 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.