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Lakshadweep (Malayalam: [lɐkʂɐd̪βʷiːbɨ̆]) is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands [a] divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north, the Laccadive Islands (separated from Amindivi roughly by the 11th parallel north), and the atoll of Minicoy to the south of the Nine Degree Channel.
Andrott Island, (Malayalam: [ɐn̪d̪roːt̪ːə̆]) also known as Androth, is a small inhabited island in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, a group of 36 coral islands scattered in the Arabian Sea off the western coast of India. [3] It has a distance of 293 km (182 mi) west of the city of Kochi.
The Laccadive / ˈ l æ k ə d ɪ v / or Kannur / ˈ k æ n ə n ɔːr / Islands are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is the central subgroup of the Lakshadweep, separated from the Amindivi Islands subgroup roughly by the 11th parallel north and from the atoll of Minicoy (Maliku)—far to the ...
The Indian Navy said Saturday it plans to build a base called INS Jatayu on Minicoy, the southernmost island in the Lakshadweep archipelago. India’s Lakshadweep islands lie about 130 kilometres ...
The second element of the name is for the Lakshadweep Islands, among the islands of Lakshadweep. The islands of Chagos, Maldives and Lakshadweep are the above-water parts of the Chagos–Lakshadweep Ridge. The Lakshadweep Ridge, the northern part of the CLR, parallels the Indian west coast (8°N–16°N) and has an average width of 270 km (170 mi).
Cherbaniani Reef is located 33 km north of Byramgore Reef and at it is the northwesternmost feature of Lakshadweep The atoll has a roughly oval shape and was first described by ornithologist Allan Hume in 1876; [4] its total lagoon area is 57.46 km 2 (22.19 sq mi).
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Minicoy, locally known as Maliku (Dhivehi pronunciation:), is an island in Lakshadweep, India. Along with Viringili , it is on Maliku atoll, the southernmost atoll of Lakshadweep archipelago. Administratively, it is a census town in the Indian union territory of Lakshadweep.