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EEZs in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Sri Lanka is ranked 51st in size of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with a total size of 532,619 km 2 (205,645 sq mi). [1] Sri Lanka's EEZ is bordered to the north and west by India in the Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal; as well as in the west by the Maldives in Laccadive Sea.
2011-10-08 08:54 Bazonka 940×415× (1850165 bytes) Map showing locations of India and Sri Lanka. Image based on File:BlankMap-World6, compact.svg Image based on File:BlankMap-World6, compact.svg Captions
Topographic map of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, an island in South Asia shaped as a teardrop or a pear/mango, [167] lies on the Indian Plate, a major tectonic plate that was formerly part of the Indo-Australian Plate. [168] It is in the Indian Ocean southwest of the Bay of Bengal, between latitudes 5° and 10° N, and longitudes 79° and 82° E. [169]
It includes the Lakshadweep island group in the Laccadive Sea off the southwestern coast of India [2] and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. [3] India's EEZ is bordered to the west by Pakistan, to the south by the Maldives and Sri Lanka and to the east by Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
[citation needed] India and Sri Lanka share a maritime border. India is the only neighbour of Sri Lanka, separated by the Palk Strait; both states occupy a strategic position in South Asia and have sought to build a common security umbrella in the Indian Ocean. [1] Both India and Sri Lanka are republics that are members of the Commonwealth of ...
More than 90% of Sri Lanka's surface lies on Precambrian strata, some of it dating back 2 billion years. [6] The granulite facies rocks of the Highland Series (gneisses, sillimanite-graphite gneisses, quartzite, marbles, and some charnockites) make up most of the island and the amphibolite facies gneisses, granites, and granitic gneisses of the Vijayan Series occur in the eastern and ...
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