Extent

Implications

Northern Hemisphere

Eastern Hemisphere

Extent

Implication

3.28 million sq. km.

7th largest

7,516.6 sq. km.

North-South

East-West

Bikaner, Rajasthan

Dras, Ladakh

Mawsynram, Meghalaya

Gujarat

Rajasthan

Goa

Pakistan

Bangladesh

China(Tibet)

Nepal

Bhutan

Afganisthan

Oversea

Myanmar

Mac Mohan Line

RadCliffe Line

Ten degree Channel

Palk Strait

Arabian Sea

Indian Ocean

Gulf of kutchh (Gujarat)

Gulf of Khmbat (Gujarat)

Bay of Bengal

Palk Strait

Central location in Asia

Trans- Indian Oceanic Route

Country with the longest coastline on Indian Ocean

The only ocean named after a country

Indian Peninsula protrudes

Exhange of ideas

Exchange of commodities

Influences