title: Duncan Passage
text: # Duncan Passage
  
  Duncan Passage is a strait in the Bay of Bengal. It is about 48 km (30 mi) 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 island off South Andaman Island and North Brother Island off Little Andaman with a minimum depth of 21.9 m.
  
  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
  * The Sisters
  * North Brother Island
  * South Brother Island
  
  ## Nearby major channels and straits
  
  ### In Andamans
  
  * Cocos Strait
  * Ten Degree Channel
  * Duncan Passage
  * Six Degree Channel
  
  ### Outside Andaman
  
  * Palk strait
  * Malacca Strait
  * Singapore Strait
  * Sunda Strait
  * Lombok Strait
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Gulf of Mannar
  * Cocos Strait, Duncan Passage
  * Cocos Strait is at the northern end of Andaman Islands in red square
  * Ten Degrees Channel
  * Ten Degrees Channel, closeup
  * Malacca Strait
  * Singapore Strait
  * Sunda Strait
  * Lombok Strait
  * South China Sea, Malacca Strait, Gulf of Thailand, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea
  