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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 live on North Sentinel Island, [a] in the Andaman Islands, an Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal. [6] [7] The island lies about 64 km (35 nmi) west of Andaman capital Port Blair. [8] It has an area of about 59.67 km 2 (14,740 acres) and a roughly square outline.
The Andaman government was notified on November 19. [20] On November 21, the Director General of Police issued a statement on the restrictions on public access to North Sentinel Island. [20] Despite efforts by Indian authorities, which involved a tense encounter with the tribe, Chau's body was not recovered. [9]
An American visiting one of the islands in India's remote cluster of Andaman and Nicobar has been killed by a group of hunter-gatherers. American tourist killed by Sentinelese Tribe on remote ...
North Andaman Island is 285 kilometres (177 mi) south of Burma, although a few smaller Burmese islands are closer, including the three Coco Islands. The Ten Degree Channel separates the Andamans from the Nicobar Islands to the south. The highest point is located in North Andaman Island (Saddle Peak at 732 m (2,402 ft)). [39]: 33
They live in the North Sentinel Island. An Andamanese family on the Great Andaman island in 2006. By the end of the eighteenth century, there were an estimated 5,000 Great Andamanese living on Great Andaman. Altogether they comprised ten distinct tribes with different languages. The population quickly dwindled to 600 in 1901 and to 19 by 1961. [46]
Great Andaman Islands. North Andaman Island. Cleugh Passage Group. Landfall Island; ... Little Andaman Island ; South Sentinel Island; The Brothers Islands. North ...
After an American missionary illegally visited North Sentinel Island and was killed by its inhabitants, Chattopadhyay told reporters that she disapproved of his actions. "The Sentinelese and other tribes don’t need to be oppressed with religion, because doing so will make them more hostile," she said in 2018.