Name the Strait and the Gulf of Mannar.
- The Gulf of Mannar is a large shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian ocean.
- Project boosters emphasize the benefits of a direct shipping route that connects India's east and west coasts without the long trip around Sri Lanka; environmentalists have warned against the grave damage such a project could cause to the sea life and fisheries of the Palk Strait and the Gulf.
- The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island Nation of Sri Lanka.
- It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay in the southwest.
- The strait is 33 to 51 miles (53 to 82 km) wide... Adam's Bridge separating Palk Strait from the Gulf of Mannar.