Powerpoint Presentation on Islands of India by Ansh Jindal.

1. Islands of India
By Ansh Jindal

2. The Andaman Islands are a group of Indian
Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal, between
the Indian peninsula to the west and Burma to the north
and east. Most of the islands are part of the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India, while a small
number in the north of the archipelago belong to Burma.

3. Lakshadweep is a group of islands in the Laccadive Sea, 200 to 440 km
off the coast of the South West Indian state of Kerala. They were also
known as Laccadive Islands, although geographically this is only the
name of the central subgroup of the group.
The islands form the smallest Union Territory of India. The total surface
area of the islands is just 11 sq mi or 32 km2.[3] However, the lagoon area
is about 4,200 square kilometres (1,600 sq mi), the territorial waters area
is 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) and the exclusive economic
zone area is 400,000 square kilometres (150,000 sq mi).

4. The Nicobar Islands are an archipelagic island chain in the
eastern Indian Ocean. They are located in Southeast Asia, 150 km
north of Aceh on Sumatra, and separated from Thailand to the east by
the Andaman Sea. Located 1,300 km southeast of the Indian
subcontinent, across the Bay of Bengal, they form part of the Union
Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

5. Sagar Island lies on the continental shelf of Bay of Bengal about
100 km (54 nautical miles) south of Kolkata. It belongs to the Republic
of India and is governed by the State government of West Bengal. The
island is large — with an area of around 300 km². It has 43 villages and
a population of over 160,000.[1]
This island is a famous Hindu pilgrim place. Every year on the day of
Makar Sankranti (mid of January), hundreds of thousands of Hindus
gather to take a holy dip at the confluence of river Ganges and Bay of
Bengal and offer puja in the Kapil Muni Temple.

6. Netrani (also known as Pigeon Island) is a tiny island in India located in
the Arabian Sea. It is off the coast of Karnataka. It is situated
approximately 10 nautical miles (19 km) from the temple town
of Murudeshwara. Top view of this island similar to heart shape.Besides
pigeons, the other inhabitants of the island are wild goats. This Island
has some of the best sites for scuba diving easily accessible from Goa,
Mumbai or Bangalore. There are many dive shops from Goa that
regularly organize dive expeditions to Netrani.

7. New Moore (as it was known in India) or South
Talpatti (as it was known in Bangladesh) was a small
uninhabited offshore sandbar landform in the Bay of
Bengal, off the coast of the Ganges-Brahmaputra
Delta region.[1] It emerged in the Bay of Bengal in the
aftermath of the Bhola cyclone in 1970, and
disappeared at some later point.[2]
Although the island was uninhabited and there were
no permanent settlements or stations located on it,
both India and Bangladesh claimed sovereignty over it
because of speculation over the existence of oil and
natural gas in the region.[3] The issue of sovereignty
was also a part of the larger dispute over the Radcliffe
Award methodology of settling the maritime
boundary between the two nations
New Moore/South
Talpatti Island
Disputed island
Geography
Location Bay of
Bengal
Coordina
tes
21°37′00
″N 89°08′
30″ECoo
rdinates:
21°37′00
″N 89°08′
30″E
Administered by
Claimed by
Bangladesh
India
Demographics
Populatio
n
None

8. Pamban Island also known as Rameswaram Island, is an island
located between peninsular India and Sri Lanka. The island is a part of
India and forms the Rameswaram taluk of the Ramanathapuram
district of the state of Tamil Nadu. The principal town in the island is the
pilgrimage centre of Rameswaram.

9. Maliku Atoll or Minicoy Atoll is the southernmost atoll of the Union
Territory ofLakshadweep, India. It is located 201 km to the SSW
of Kalpeni, at the southern end of the Nine Degree Channel and 125
km to the north of Thuraakunu,Maldives, at the northern end of
the Eight Degree Channel. The atoll is 10 km in length, having a
maximum breadth of about 6 km. The closest geographic feature is
the Investigator Bank, a submerged shoal located 31 km to the
northeast of this atoll at 8˚32'N, 73˚17'E.