{"id":30298,"date":"2026-04-16T12:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30298"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:54:18","slug":"andaman-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/andaman-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Andaman Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Andaman Sea Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, at least 250 people, including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, were missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Andaman Sea<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>semi-enclosed marginal sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>northeastern Indian Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Borders<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies between the <\/span><b>eastern coast of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Malay Peninsula<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with Myanmar to the north and the <\/span><b>Indonesian island of Sumatra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the south.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Bay of Bengal bounds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Andaman Sea to the <\/span><b>west<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/strait-of-malacca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Strait of Malacca<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the east.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a complex geological region with a <\/span><b>tectonically active plate boundary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is part of the <\/span><b>larger Sunda Plate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which the Indian Plate borders to the northwest and the Australian Plate to the southeast.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The climate of the Andaman Sea is <\/span><b>tropical, with two distinct seasons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: the southwest monsoon (May-September) and the northeast monsoon (November-February)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Biodiversity:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is home to <\/span><b>extensive coral reef systems,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> seagrass meadows, and mangrove forests, which provide critical habitats for a multitude of marine organisms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/boat-sinks-andaman-sea-rohingyas-bangladesh\/article70863859.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andaman Sea is a semi-enclosed marginal sea in the northeastern Indian Ocean. 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