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Which islands separate the Bay of Bengal from the Andaman Sea?
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The Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands are the island groups that separate the Bay of Bengal to the west from the Andaman Sea to the east.12
These islands form an arc that acts as a boundary between the two bodies of water, stretching approximately 620 miles (1,000 km) between Myanmar and the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Geologically, they represent the peaks of a submerged mountain range.1