Editing Andaman Sea (section)

==Geography==

===Location===
The Andaman Sea, which extends over 92°E to 100°E and 4°N to 20°N, occupies a very significant position in the Indian Ocean, yet remained unexplored for a long period. To the south of Myanmar, west of Thailand, and north of Indonesia, this sea is separated from [[Bay of Bengal|the Bay of Bengal]] by the [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]] and [[Nicobar Islands]] and an associated chain of sea mounts along the Indo-Burmese plate boundary. The [[Strait of Malacca]] (between the Malay Peninsula and [[Sumatra]]) forms the southern exitway of the basin, which is {{convert|3|km}} wide and {{convert|37|m}} deep.

===Extent===
{{anchor| Extent}}
The [[International Hydrographic Organization]] defines the limits of the "Andaman or Burma Sea" as follows:<ref name="IHO">{{cite web |url=https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/standards/s-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf |title=Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition |year=1953 |publisher=International Hydrographic Organization |access-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008191433/http://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2011 }}</ref>{{RP|p.21}}

<blockquote>''On the Southwest.'' A line running from ''"[[Point Raja|Oedjong Raja]]"'' <nowiki>[</nowiki>''"Ujung Raja" or "Point Raja"''] ({{coord|5|32|N|95|12|E|display=inline}}) in [[Sumatra]] to [[Poeloe Bras]] (Breuëh) and on through the Western Islands of the [[Nicobar Islands|Nicobar]] Group to Sandy Point in Little Andaman Island, in such a way that all the narrow waters appertain to the Burma Sea.

''On the Northwest.'' The Eastern limit of the Bay of Bengal [A line running from [[Cape Negrais]] (16°03'N) in Burma <nowiki>[</nowiki>Myanmar] through the larger islands of the [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]] group, in such a way that all the narrow waters between the islands lie to the Eastward of the line and are excluded from the Bay of Bengal, as far as a point in [[Little Andaman]] Island in latitude 10°48'N, longitude 92°24'E].

''On the Southeast.'' A line joining Lem Voalan (7°47'N) in Siam <nowiki>[</nowiki>Thailand], and [[Point Batee|Pedropunt]] (5°40'N) in Sumatra.</blockquote>

''Oedjong'' means "[[Cape (geography)|cape]]" and ''Lem'' means "point in the Dutch language on maps of the [[Dutch East Indies|Netherlands East Indies]] (Indonesia).<ref name=oedjong1>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OIAsAAAAIAAJ&dq=Oedjong+meaning&pg=PA115 Glossary of Terms Appearing on Maps of the Netherlands East Indies], United States Army Map Service, page 115, 93.</ref> Lem Voalan [Phromthep Cape] is the southern extremity of Goh Puket ([[Phuket Island]]).<ref>{{cite book|url=http://epic.awi.de/29772/1/IHO1953a.pdf|title=Limits of Oceans and Seas|edition= 3rd|year=1953|publisher=International Hydrographic Organization|page=23|access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref>

===Exclusive economic zone===
[[Exclusive economic zones]] in Andaman Sea:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seaaroundus.org/data/#/eez|title = Sea Around Us &#124; Fisheries, Ecosystems and Biodiversity}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%"
|-
!width=75|Number
!width=300|Country
!width=100|Area (Km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
| align=center|1 || '''{{IND}}''' - [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] || align=center|659,590
|-
| align=center|2 || '''{{MYA}}''' - [[Mainland]] || align=center|511,389
|-
| align=center|3 || '''{{THA}}''' - Andaman Sea || align=center|118,714
|-
| align=center|4 || '''{{IDN}}''' - Northeast [[Aceh]] || align=center|76,500
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
!Total
|'''Andaman Sea''' || align=center|'''-'''
|}