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Archipelago meaning

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2 major grps of Island in India

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Lakshadweep n Minicoy - Arabian sea
Bay of Bengal island grps (572 islands/islets - whole grp divided into Andaman in North n Nicobar in South )

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Bay of Bengal consists of ___ islands / islets

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572

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Coordinates for BOB islands

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6-14 N
92-94 E

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Coordinates for islands in Arabian sea

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8-12 N
71-74 E

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Arabian sea consists of

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Lakshadweep
Minicoy island

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The Line seperating Andaman and Nicobar islands

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10 degree island

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The Line seperating Minicoy from Maldives or seperating Maldives from India ?

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8 degree line

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Lakshadweep n Minicoy located Near

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Malabar coast , 280-480 km away from Kerala coast

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In BOB 2 major islets ( small islands ) are / 2 principal grps of islets

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  1. Labrynth island
  2. Ritchies Archipelago
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2 major category of islands in BOB

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Andaman - north
Nicobar - south

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Andaman and Nicobar is the elevated portion of __

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Submarine mountains / seamounts

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India’s only active volcano

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Barren island

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Barren island located in

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Andaman ( in Andaman sea)
East of middle Andaman)

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Portblair present in

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South Andaman

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16
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Norcondom island present in

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Andaman islands

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17
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Norcondom island present in

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Northern Andaman sea

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India’s only dormant volcano

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Norcondom

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Norcondom island known for its

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Wildlife sanctuary - UNESCO tentative lists of world heritage site
Norcondom hornbill endangered - IUCN red list

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20
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Largest island in world

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Greenland

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Largest island in Lakshadweep

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Andrott island

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Capital/ HQ of South Andaman district

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Portblair ( south Andaman)

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Captial / HQ of Nicobar district

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Car nicobar

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Capital / HQ of North and middle Andaman district

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Mayabindar

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Capital of Andaman and Nicobar
Portblair in south Andaman
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3 district of Andaman and Nicobar
1.north n middle Andaman 2. South Andaman 3. Nicobar
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Largest island in india ( in area )
Andaman and Nicobar
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Largest island in india
Great Nicobar in Andaman and Nicobar
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Second largest island in Lakshadweep
Minicoy
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Andaman and Nicobar climatic variation n vegetation
Equitorial vegetation, convectional rainfall, coral deposit near coastline
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Entire grp of Lakshadweep island made of
Coral deposits
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In Arabian sea how many grps of Island is there
36 islands of which 11 inhabited
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What seperates South Andaman and Little Andaman
Duncan Passage
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What seperates Myanmar's Coco islands from North Andaman
Coco strait
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Andaman and Nicobar formed via which plates
Burma minor plate ( part of Eurasian plate) n Indian plate
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Andaman and Nicobar is the extention of __
Arkan yoma range ( mayanmar mountain range)
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Arkan yoma range is an extention of
Purvanchal hills ( Andaman and Nicobar part of Himalayas)
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Lakshadweep is made of
Corals
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Lakshadweep part of
Reunion hotspot volcanism
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Which island is close to Sumatra island in Indonesia
Grt nicobar
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Northern most island of Lakshadweep
Amindivi
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Southern most island of Lakshadweep
Minicoy
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Andaman and Nicobar built up by
Limestone Shale Tertiary sandstone Basic n ultra basic volcanoes
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Andaman and Nicobar covered with which type of forest
Mangrove
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The world's largest n rarest crab called ___ , found in __
Giant Robber Crab , Andaman and Nicobar
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Andaman and Nicobar called as
Emerald Island
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Andaman state animal
Dugong
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Administrative capital of Lakshadweep
Kavarati
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Lakshadweep island consists of
Pebbles shingles cobbles boulders
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Is forest present in Lakshadweep
No ( non existent)
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Which island is designed as a bird sanctuary
Pitti island in Lakshadweep
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Is releif features like hills streams valleys found in Lakshadweep
No
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New moore present in BOB which type of landform-
Marine landform, offshore sandbar landform
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Lakshadweep is a coral reef but what type of reef
It's an example of atoll
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Fringing reef examples
Andaman and Nicobar Gulf of Kutch Gulf of mannar Palk bay
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9 degree line present between
B/w Minicoy n main Lakshadweep archipelago/ laccadive/ kavarati
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Which line divides amindivi n cannanore
11 degree line
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The southern most point ( Indira point ) located in
Grt nicobar
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Six degree line also called
Great channel
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The grt channel divides
Grt nicobar n Aceh province in Indonesia
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What lies in 6 degree channel
Indira point
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Barren island or norcondom island is a __ type of volcano
Stratovolcanic or composite
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8 degree line
Between Maldives n Minicoy / Maldives n India
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Peaks of Andaman and Nicobar
1. Highest - saddle peak - North Andaman 2. Mt Thuiller ( grt nicobar ) 3. Mt Divalo ( middle Andaman) 4. Mt koyab ( South Andaman)

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