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Middle Button Island National Park is an Indian national park located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The park was created in 1979 and is situated about 200 km (124 mi) northeast of Port Blair, capital of the island group. The total area that the national park covers is about 64 km 2 (25 sq mi). [1]
Sea currents are south-easterly and easterly in winter and south-westerly and westerly in summer. The average surface water temperature is 26–28 °C (79–82 °F) in February and 29 °C (84 °F) in May. The water temperature is constant at 4.8 °C (40.6 °F) at the depths of 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) and below.
Andamanese fishing (c. 1870) Between 1778 and 1783, William Bolts tried to establish an Austrian colony on the Nicobar islands, mistakenly assuming that the Danish had abandoned the claims to the islands, renaming them Theresa Islands. [18] In 1789, the British colonised the Andaman islands to set up a naval base and establish a penal colony. [19]
Alaska's interior is well known for brutal cold and 54 years ago today its temperature plunged to America's all-time record low. The temperature hit minus 80 degrees at Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska ...
The Andaman Islands are home to a number of animals, many of them endemic. Andaman & Nicobar islands are home to 10% of all Indian fauna species. [46] The islands are only 0.25% of the country's geographical area, but has 11,009 species, according to a publication by the Zoological Survey of India. [46]
Avg. summer temperature: 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) ... 35.639.0004: Official Languages: Hindi, English: Great Andaman is the main archipelago of the Andaman Islands of ...
For example, in a scenario where the actual temperature is 10 degrees but the "feels like" temperature is -5 degrees, what that really means is that the wind chill is making it feel as if the air ...
Landfall Island is the northernmost island of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [7] [8] It belongs to the territory's North and Middle Andaman administrative district. [9] The island lies 220 km (137 mi) north of Port Blair, and is situated 300 km (186 mi) south of Myanmar. [8] It is home to the Kari tribe. [10]