Editing Bay of Bengal (section)

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The [[International Hydrographic Organization]] defines the limits of the Bay of Bengal as follows:<ref>{{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>

::''On the east:'' A line running from [[Cape Negrais]] (16°03'N) in Burma through the larger islands of the [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]] group, in such a way that all the narrow waters between the islands lie 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 and thence along the Southwest limit of the [[Burma Sea]] [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 [[Breueh Island|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 south:'' [[Adam's Bridge]] (between India and Ceylon) and from the Southern extreme of [[Dondra Head]] (South point of Ceylon) to the North point of [[Poeloe Bras]] ({{coord|5|44|N|95|04|E|display=inline}}).

Note: Oedjong means "[[Cape (geography)|cape]]" in 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327155602/https://books.google.com/books?id=OIAsAAAAIAAJ&dq=Oedjong+meaning&pg=PA115 |date=27 March 2023 }}, United States Army Map Service, page 115.</ref>