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The Nicobar Islands / ˈ n ɪ k ə b ɑːr / are an archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean. They are located in Southeast Asia , 150 kilometres (93 mi) northwest of Aceh on Sumatra , and separated from Thailand to the east by the Andaman Sea .
The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a 150 km (93 mi) wide channel. The capital and largest city of the territory, Port Blair (officially Sri Vijaya Puram), is located approximately 1,190 km (740 mi) from Chennai and 1,255 km (780 mi) from Kolkata in mainland ...
The Nicobar islands were claimed by Denmark in 1755; Great Nicobar Island was called New Denmark, and the whole of the Nicobars Frederikøerne. The islands were administered from the Tranquebar the headquarters of the Danish East Indian company, but were often abandoned due to Malaria outbreaks.
The Nicobar Archipelago consists of 19 islands, and only 12 of them are inhabited. These inhabited islands are Car Nicobar, Chowra, Bompoka, Teressa, Nancowry, Pullomillow, Great Nicobar, Camorta, Katchal, Trinket, Kondul, and Little Nicobar . The largest and main island is Great Nicobar. The term "Nicobarese" refers to the dominant tribes of ...
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]
Car Nicobar (Pū in Car language) is the northernmost of the Nicobar Islands. It is also one of three local administrative divisions of the Indian district of Nicobar, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [3] Annual rainfall is 2800 millimetres.
Great Nicobar Island Development Project [1] [2] is a planned mega-infrastructure project for the southern tip of Great Nicobar Island in Andaman Sea of India. [3] [1] [4] The island comes under the Nicobar district administriation in the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The Nicobar Islands were officially colonized by the Danish on 1 January 1756. [3] Denmark owned a significant port in India, Tranquebar, and decided to colonize the islands, citing a lack of native resistance, ease of access, and vicinity to Tranquebar.