Islands of India

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Indian Geography (part-3)

Islands of India

• The Himalaya is the longest mountain range in the east-west category. 
• It turns to the south after reaching Arunachal Pradesh and enters in the Bay of Bengal. Andaman & Nicobar Islands are the parts of Himalayas. 

Andaman and Nicobar Islands can be categorised in two different groups of islands: Andaman and Nicobar. 

Which itself have several islands in them. 

Talking about and the Andaman Islands specifically, it has four major islands:

1. North Andaman(The highest point of Andaman is saddle peak.) 

2. Middle Andaman( The largest island of this group. ) 

3. South Andaman (Portblair, the Capital of Andaman and Nicobar is situated on this Island. ) 

4. Little Andaman.

Nicobar Island group consists of two major Islands: 

1. Car Nicobar. 

2. Great Nicobar (The southernmost point of Indian territory, the Indira Point 6°4' N is in great Nicobar.) 

Andaman and Nicobar islands are separated by 10-degree channel or specifically little Andaman and car Nicobar are separated by 10-degree channel. 

There are two islands besides Andaman Island group first is Narcondam Island which is a dormant volcano and the other one is Barren Island which is the only active volcano of India. 

• The smallest union territory of India is Lakshadweep. The capital of Lakshadweep is KAVARATTI. 
• The largest island of Lakshadweep is ANDROTT. 
• Minicoy Island is situated in South of Lakshadweep

Lakshadweep is a Coral island. The shells of Coral are made of calcium carbonate. 

• Kolkata is not a seaport but a river port. 

Two islands near the end of Hooghly river are, 

1. Gangasagar (India) 

2. New Moore (Bangladesh) 

• Wheeler Island in Odisha which is also called Abdul Kalam Island is located on the end of Brahmani river.  

NOTE:- Missiles are launched for tests from this Island. 

• Sriharikota Island of Andhra Pradesh is a launchpad of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), Satish Dhawan Space Centre. 

• Pamban Island Tamil Nadu which is located in Bay of Mannar. 
• Rameshwaram is located on Pamban Island. 
• The southernmost point of Pamban Island is Dhanushkoti. 

• Aliya bet island, of Gujarat, is located in Bay of Khambhat. It is at the endpoint of Narmada river. It has large deposits of Petroleum, which are not yet been extracted. 

• Mumbai is located on salsette Island. 

This is a basic introduction of Indian geography. If you have any query, please feel free to comment and ask.