A Essay Writing on Topic Andaman and Nicobar Island.
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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.
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Essay on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
This archipelago of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands appears like a sentinel for the mainland of India, in the Bay of Bengal. These islands run like a narrow chain in the north-south direction extend between 6°39′ N and 13°34′ N latitudes.
The area of the island is 8249 square km. and population according to the 1991 census was 279,111 persons. The most northerly island of this archipelago is about 901 km. away from the mainland. A group of 204 small islands is called the Andamans.
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Five out of them running like a chain form the main group called the Great Andamans, North Andaman, Middle Andaman, and South Andaman. Baratang and Rutland comprise the Great Andamans. They are separated from one another by very narrow straits.
To the south of the Andamans lie the Nicobar Islands. These Islands are separated from the Andamans by the Ten Degree Channel about 121 km wide. The most northerly is Car Nicobar Island. These islands are not more than 57 km. in width, the southernmost island of this group is only 146.5 km, away from Sumatra. Great Nicobar is the largest among the Nicobar Islands and it measures 344 square km.
Surface Features:
These are the submarine tertiary fold mountain which is jutting out of the sea. This forms a link between the Arakan Yoma to the north and Sumatra to the south. The islands are hilly and there is small proportion of level land. In North Andaman there is Saddle Peak (738 metre) above sea level which is the highest Andamans.
There are a few small fresh water rivers in these islands. The streams descending the hills have cut deep valleys and have built small plains near the coast.