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North Sentinel lies 36 km (22 mi) west of the village of Wandoor in South Andaman Island, [2] 50 km (25 nmi) west of Port Blair, and 60 km (30 nmi) north of its counterpart South Sentinel Island. It has an area of about 59.67 km 2 (23.04 sq mi) and a roughly square outline. [3]
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 Andaman colony became notorious with the murder of the Viceroy Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, on a visit to the settlement (8 February 1872), by a Pathan from Afghanistan, Sher Ali Afridi. In the same year, the two island groups Andaman and Nicobar, were united under a chief commissioner residing at Port Blair. [14]
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.
National Highway 4, or NH 4, [1] is the major highway in the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.It is 230.7 km in length. This road running from the capital city of Port Blair to Diglipur connecting all major towns of Ferrargunj, Baratang, Kadamtala, Rangat, Billy Ground, Nimbudera, Mayabunder and Diglipur.
Neil Island, officially named Shaheed Dweep (transl. Martyr's Island), is an island of the Andaman Islands, located in Ritchie's Archipelago. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [6] The island is located 36 km (22 mi) northeast from Port Blair.
Little Andaman Island (Onge: Gaubolambe) is the fourth largest of the Andaman Islands of India with an area of 707 km 2, lying at the southern end of the archipelago. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district , part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands . [ 6 ]
Before the British established a colony on the Andaman, the Sister islands were visited occasionally by the Onge people of Little Andaman Island for fishing. They may have been a waystation for their temporary settlement of Rutland Island between 1890 and 1930. [7] The islands have been a wildlife refuge since 1987, with 0.36 km 2. [8]