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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 .
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 ]
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 ...
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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 ...
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.
Great Andaman Islands. North Andaman Island. Cleugh Passage Group. Landfall Island; East Island; West Island; Peacock (Pocock) Island; Table-Smith Group. Trilby Island