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Port Blair (pronunciation ⓘ), officially named Sri Vijaya Puram, [4] is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India in the Bay of Bengal. It is also the local administrative sub-division ( tehsil ) of the islands, the headquarters for the district of South Andaman , and the territory's only notified town.
The capital and largest city is Port Blair (officially Sri Vijaya Puram [41]), located 1,190 km (740 mi) from Chennai and 1,255 km (780 mi) from Kolkata on the Indian mainland. [31] Barren Island, the only active volcano in India, is located in the Andaman Sea. [42] [43] [44] The islands have a 1,962 km (1,219 mi) long coast-line. [45]
The capital city of the Andaman Islands, Port Blair. Port Blair is the chief community on the islands, and the administrative centre of the Union Territory. The Andaman Islands form a single administrative district within the Union Territory, the Andaman district (the Nicobar Islands were separated and established as the new Nicobar district in ...
North Andaman Island; North Brother Island (Andaman Islands) North Cinque Island; North Reef Island (Andaman Islands) North Sentinel Island; North and Middle Andaman district; Payuha; Perka, Car Nicobar; Pilpilow; Port Blair; Pulomilo Island; Raihion; Ramzoo; Rangat; Ritchie's Archipelago; Ross Island, South Andaman district; Rutland Island ...
South Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.It is 1.6 km (1 mi) long northeast to southwest and up to 1 km (5 ⁄ 8 mi) wide. At only 1.61 km 2 (5 ⁄ 8 sq mi), it is much smaller than its counterpart North Sentinel Island and is currently uninhabited.
Twin Islands is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [6] The islands are 35 km (22 mi) south from Port Blair.
Passage Island or Duncan Island [6] is an uninhabited island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [7] The island is 53 km (33 mi) south from Port Blair.