Question

the largest island of the andamans
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Answer 1

Answer:

Port Blair is the largest island of the andamans .

Answer 2

Answer:

Biggest island of Andaman group is Middle Andaman whereas the biggest island in the Nicobar group is Great Nicobar.

Question-

Which is the biggest island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

Answer -

The Great Nicobar

Explanation -

• Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman Nicobar Islands lies in the South Andaman. Among the Nicobar islands, the Great Nicobar is the largest. It is the southernmost island and is very close to Sumatra island of Indonesia.

• The major islands groups of India are the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago (A chain of islands similar in origin) in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep islands in the Arabian Sea.

Additional information -

• About Andaman and Nicobar Islands

1) Andaman and Nicobar Islands were formed due to a collision between the Indian Plate and Burma Minor Plate [part of Eurasian Plate][Similar to the formation of Himalayas].

2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a southward extension of the Arakan Yoma range [Myanmar][Arakan Yoma in itself is an extension of Purvanchal Hills].

3) Lakshadweep Islands are coral islands. These islands are a part of Reunion Hotspot volcanism. [Both these concepts are explained in previous posts]

4) Other than these two groups there are islands in the Indo-Gangetic Delta [they are more a part of delta than islands] and between India and Sri Lanka [Remnants of Adams Bridge or Rama’s Bridge or Rama Setu; formed due to submergence].

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

•This archipelago is composed of 265 big and small islands [203 Andaman islands + 62 Nicobar Islands][Numbers are just for understanding. You need not remember trivial facts].

• The Andaman and Nicobar islands extend from 6° 45′ N to 13° 45′ N and from 92° 10′ E to 94° 15′ E for a distance of about 590 km.

•The Andaman islands are divided into three main islands i.e. North, Middle, and South

• Duncan passage separates Little Andaman from South Andaman

• The Great Andaman group of islands in the north is separated by the Ten Degree Channel from the Nicobar group in the south

This completes with answer and explanation