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North Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman Islands, an Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal which also includes South Sentinel Island. [8] The island is a protected area of India. It is home to the Sentinelese , an indigenous tribe in voluntary isolation who have defended, often by force, their protected isolation from the outside world.
The Sentinelese, also known as the Sentineli and the North Sentinel Islanders, are an indigenous people who inhabit North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal in the northeastern Indian Ocean. Designated a particularly vulnerable tribal group and a Scheduled Tribe , they belong to the broader class of Andamanese peoples .
John Allen Chau (December 18, 1991 – November 17, 2018) was an American evangelical Christian missionary who was killed by the Sentinelese, a tribe in voluntary isolation, after illegally traveling to North Sentinel Island in an attempt to introduce the tribe to Christianity.
Historic exploitation and abuse at the hands of the majority group have led many governments to give uncontacted people their lands and legal protection. Many Indigenous groups live on national forests or protected grounds, such as the Vale do Javari in Brazil [14] or North Sentinel Island in India. [15] Uncontacted peoples in the state of Acre ...
The highest point is located in North Andaman Island (Saddle Peak at 732 m (2,402 ft)). [ 39 ] : 33 The geology of the Andaman islands consists essentially of Late Jurassic to Early Eocene ophiolites and sedimentary rocks ( argillaceous and algal limestones ), deformed by numerous deep faults and thrusts with ultramafic igneous intrusions . [ 40 ]
Sentinel Island may refer to: Sentinel Island (Tasmania), Australia; Sentinel Island (Alaska), location of the Sentinel Island Light lighthouse; Sentinel Island (Washington), one of the San Juan Islands, U.S. North Sentinel Island, part of the Andaman Islands, India, and home to the isolated Sentinelese; South Sentinel Island, part of the ...
Sentinelese is the undescribed language of the Sentinelese people of North Sentinel Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Due to the lack of contact between the Sentinelese people and the rest of the world, essentially nothing is known of their language or its vitality. [ 4 ]
Triloknath Pandit Nationality Indian Occupation Anthropologist Known for North Sentinel Island survey Triloknath Pandit (born 1935) is an Indian anthropologist. He was the first professional anthropologist to land on the North Sentinel Island in 1967, leading the team that made the first friendly contact with the Sentinelese people on 4 January 1991. [failed verification] His expeditions to ...