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Map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with an extra detailed area around Port Blair
Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India (disputed hatched)
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The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India. The name is often shortened to A & N Islands, or ANI.

The islands are in the Indian Ocean, in the southern part of the Bay of Bengal. The capital of this territory is the Andamanese town of Port Blair.

It is made of two island groups - the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands - separating the Andaman Sea to the east, from the Indian Ocean. These two groups are separated by the 10° N parallel, the Andamans lying to the north of this latitude, and the Nicobars to the south. The channel that separates ANI is the 10° degree channel. This islands have the only active volcano in India, Barren Island. These islands are also uninhabitated. It also has the lowest point in India, The Indira Point

The territory's population in the last (2001) census of India was 356,152. Added together, the total land area of the territory is around 6,496 km² or 2,508 mi², it is larger than the Palestinian territories but smaller than Georgia territory of Abkhazia.

Territorial symbols of Andaman and Nicobar

  • ColumbaPalumboides

    Columba palumboides, provincial bird

  • Manatee

    Manatee, provincial animal

  • Phalaenopsis speciosa 1

    Phalaenopsis speciosa, provincial flower

  • Pterocarpus dalbergioides

    Pterocarpus dalbergioides, provincial tree


Images for kids

  • Andaman tribals fishing (c. 1870)

    Andaman tribals fishing (c. 1870)

  • The British Occupation of the Nicobar Islands, 1945 SE5438

    Japanese military delegation salute Lieutenant Colonel Nathu Singh, commanding officer of the Rajput Regiment, following their surrender of Islands, 1945

  • Barren I Andamans ISS006-E-33378

    Barren Island in the Andaman Islands

  • Beautiful sea shore at Andaman and Nicobar Islands

    Sea shore at Andaman and Nicobar Islands

  • Nicobar Pigeon 820

    Nicobar pigeon

  • Ross island - Andaman

    Ross island, Andaman

  • Elephant at Andaman and Nicobar Islands

    Elephant on the Andaman and Nicobar seashore

  • Sri-vetrimalai-murugan-temple-port-blair-tourism-entry-fee-timings-holidays-reviews-header

    Thiru. Vettrimalai Murugan temple - Port Blair

  • Andaman Islands SPOT 1281

    Little Andaman Island seen by Spot satellite.

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    Ross Island a couple of days before the tsunami of December 2004.

  • A statue of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

    A statue of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar at Cellular Jail.

  • Veer Savarkar International Airport IXZ

    Veer Savarkar International Airport

  • Cargo vessel Sindhu for Andaman and Nicobar manufactured by CSL

    Cargo vessel Sindhu manufactured by CSL used for local transportation

  • Andaman Islands

    Andaman Islands

  • Andaman and Nicobar islands

    Andaman and Nicobar islands

  • The Coral Reef at the Andaman Islands

    The coral reef at Havelock in Andaman

  • Shaheed Island, Andamans, Mangrove beach, True wilderness

    Mangrove trees on the beach, Shaheed Island

  • Havelock Island, Canopy of tropical moist evergreen forest, Andaman Islands

    Canopy of tropical rainforest

  • AndamansAndNicobarIslands

    The Andaman coast lined with coconut palms

  • Seascape at Chidiyatapu, Andaman islands

    Seascape at Chidiyatapu, Andaman islands

See also

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