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	Minicoy Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Minicoy Island or Maliku is the only inhabited island in Maliku Atoll and it is the second largest and the southern-most island of the Laccadive Archipelago north of the Maldives.
		Until the 16th century, the Laccadives appear to have been under the suzerainty of the Kolthari Raja of Chirakkal in what is now the Indian state of Kerala, until it was surrendered to the British East India Company by Ali Raja of Cannanore on December 18, 1790.
		Until the 16th Century, the Laccadives appear to have been under the suzerainty of the Kolthari Raja of Chirakkal in what is now the Indian state of Kerala.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minicoy_Island (1936 words)

	Laccadive Islands - LoveToKnow 1911
		Between the Laccadives and the Maldives to the south lies the isolated Minikoi, which physically belongs to neither group, though somewhat nearer to the Maldives (q.v.).
		It is also further corroborated by the story given by the Ibn Batuta of the conversion of the Maldives, which occurred, as he heard, four generations (say one hundred and twenty years) before his visit to these islands in 1342.
		The islands subsequently became a suzerainty of the raja of Cannanore, and after the peace of Seringapatam, 1792 the southern group was permitted to remain under the management of the native chief at a yearly tribute.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Laccadive_Islands (735 words)

	Indian Ocean - Lakshadweep
		The Lakshadweep archipelago (still commonly referred to as the Laccadive Islands) consist of a group of atolls, reefs and submerged banks located in the eastern Arabian Sea.
		The Lakshadweep archipelago consists of 12 atolls, 3 reefs and 5 submerged banks divided in to northern and southern groups.
		The dry season from December to March is influenced by the northeast monsoon and the wet season from April to October being influenced by the southwest monsoon.
	oceandots.com /indian/lakshadweep (477 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests (IM0125)
		The Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago is composed entirely of low atolls, associated coralline structures, and sandy islands, which have grown upon the crest of the submarine Chagos-Laccadive Ridge.
		The climate of this archipelago is monsoon tropical, with a dry season associated with the winter northeast monsoon lasting December to March and the rainy season of the southwest monsoon from April to October.
		The Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago is comprised of three offshore island groups in the Indian Ocean that together form a vast submarine mountain range, the Chagos-Laccadive Plateau.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0125_full.html (2094 words)

	LACCADIVE ISLANDS - Online Information article about LACCADIVE ISLANDS
		History.—No data exist for determining at what period the Laccadives were first colonized.
		archipelago (Dfbajat) into the Divah Kuzah or Cowrie Islands (the Maldives), and the Divah Kanbar or Coir Islands (the Laccadives).
		Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, ed.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /KRO_LAP/LACCADIVE_ISLANDS.html (983 words)

	geography and the formation of the islands of maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As we have said in the Maldives Introduction of this website "www.hellomaldives.com", the Maldivian archipelago is made up of about 1,190 small, tropical, palm and bush covered coral islands stretching across the Equator from 7 degree Latitude North.
		Together with the Lakshadweep formerly called "Laccadive Islands" to the North and the Chagos Islands to the South, forming part of a vast submarine mountain range, on the crest of which coral reefs have grown.
		Measuring 820 km North to South and 120 km East to West at its greatest width, the closest neighbors are India and Shrilanka.
	www.hellomaldives.com /maldives/geography/contents.htm (770 words)

	A Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Maldives, the Chagos Archipelago, and the island chains belonging to India (Laccadives, Andamans and Nicobars) are archipelagic.
		The Maldives, the Chagos Archipelago and Laccadives are composed entirely of atolls, with reefs and sandy islands, and form the Laccadive-Chagos chain which extends southward from India to the central Indian Ocean.
		Rocky shores are absent from the Maldives, Laccadives, Chagos Archipelago, east coast of India and Bangladesh.
	www.deh.gov.au /coasts/mpa/nrsmpa/global/volume3/chapter10.html (12019 words)

	Welcome To Rainbow Travels :: Inbound, Outbound Tourism Maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Maldives is situated in the South West of Sri Lanka, on the equator.
		The numerous coral reef islands, 1,190 in total, form an archipelago of 26 natural atolls (groups of neighbouring coral islands).
		Together with the Lakshadweep formerly called Laccadive Islands (formerly part of the Maldives, and now part of India) to the north and the Chagos Islands to the south, the Maldives form part of a vast submarine mountain range, on the crest of which coral reefs have grown.
	www.maldivestravels.com /rtGeography.aspx (347 words)

	ReefBase: Resources: Coral Reefs: Maldives - A Global Information System On Coral Reefs
		The Maldive archipelago is at the centre of the Laccadive-Chagos ridge, and is 864km long (north to south), 130km wide, and has a land area of approximately 300km².
		Islands of this archipelago have a maximum elevation of about 5m and a narrow fringing reef around each island, which slopes rapidly down to the seabed.
		The archipelago is surrounded by deep oceanic water and reefs are generally less threatened by human activities than in other parts of South Asia, as the human population is low and there are large distances between atolls.
	www.reefbase.org /resources/res_coralreefs.asp?changearea=true&Region=0&country=MDV (713 words)

	ReefBase: Resources: Coral Reefs: India - A Global Information System On Coral Reefs
		The largest islands of North Andaman, Middle Andaman, Ritchie’s Archipelago, South Andaman, Little Andaman, Baratang and Rutland Island are mountainous and forest covered, and are surrounded by some of the richest coral reefs in India.
		The Lakshadweep (Laccadive) Islands consist of 12 atolls, 36 islands and 5 submerged banks at the northern end of the Laccadive-Chagos ridge.
		Reef structure and species diversity vary considerably between the areas due to differences in size and environmental conditions.Lakshadweep is an archipelago of 12 atolls surrounded by deep water, on the northern end of the Laccadive-Chagos ridge.
	www.reefbase.org /resources/res_coralreefs.asp?changearea=true&Region=0&country=IND (1021 words)

	Sri Lanka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Also noted are the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Chagos Archipelago, Jaffna, Kandy, the Laccadive Islands, the Maldive Islands, Sitawaka, and Trincomalee.
		An extended archipelago group of coral reefs and atolls located in the central Indian Ocean, roughly equidistant from East Africa, India, and western Indonesia.
		A long archipelago of coral atolls to the southwest of the Indian subcontinent, a Muslim Sultanate from the 12th century.
	www.hostkingdom.net /srilanka.html (574 words)

	Lighthouses of Lakshadweep
		Lakshadweep is a union territory of India including 12 coral atolls and a number of minor banks and reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the southwestern coast of the country.
		The Amindivi Islands are in the northern part of the territory, the Laccadive Islands are in the center, and Minicoy Island is in the south.
		This is at the southwestern corner of the Laccadives; the lighthouse marks the western entrance to the Nine Degree Channel separating Minicoy from the Laccadives.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/lak.htm (1246 words)

	Travel Syndicate
		The Laccadive Island, renamed as Lakshadweep in 1973, are located in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Kerala, some 200 to 300 km away.
		They consist of 36 coral islands, out of which only ten are inhabited, covering a land area of 32 sq.
		In all, the archipelago offers good facilities for cruising and swimming in the crystal-clear water of the lagoons.
	www.travsyn.com /tourist/laksh.htm (137 words)

	Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al Auzam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the invasion, the Portuguese ruled most cruelly over the Maldive islands in a period which the chronicles describe as ‘‘a time when intolerable enormities were committed by the invading infidels, a time when the sea grew red with Maldivian blood, a time when people were sunk in despair…’’
		To bring an end to this, Muhammad Thakurufaanu, left the Maldive Islands with his brothers Ali and Hasan to Minicoy Island off the coast of India in the Laccadive Archipelago.
		The three Utheemu brothers built the greatest Maldivian ship ever crafted- the Kalhuoffummi and got Dandehelu to captain the ship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Muhammad_Thakurufar_Al-Azam (375 words)

	Concord Exotic Voyages \| Best Beaches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The better ones are the southern beaches to chill out and the beaches of Clangute and Baga if crowds don't affect your peace.
		Scattered about 300km west of Kerala, the archipelago of Lakshadweep is divided into the northern Aminidivi group, the Laccadive group and Minicoy in the south, totalling 35 islands.
		The archipelago's unspoilt reefs and clear water lagoons is India's best divers destination.
	www.concordtours.net /beaches.htm (292 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Similarly, the Kerguelen hot spot was overrun by the Southeast Indian Ridge and separated from its volcanic trail, the Ninetyeast Ridge.
		Basalts at the northern end of the lineament in the Maldive archipelago are geochemically similar to Reunion basalts and were probably formed in an intraplate setting.
		The recovery of a complete and well-preserved middle Miocene through upper Oligocene sequence of aragonite-bearing periplatform oozes from the Maldives archipelago provides a biostratigraphic reference section for the tropical Indian Ocean.
	www-odp.tamu.edu /sciops/Leg_Summaries/Legs_100-120/Leg115.html (354 words)

	Dive Maldives Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The reefs of the Maldives archipelago are a natural wonder.
		The chain of atolls stand on the Chagos-Laccadive Plateau and stretch for almost 900 kilometers, harboring an explosion of aquatic life that includes over one-third of the reef fish found in the entire Indian Ocean.
		The main reason for the abundance and variety of life is that water surrounding the 1,100 islands that comprise the archipelago, provides an assortment of habitats that suit the individual needs of an exceptional number of species.
	www.divemaldivesonline.com /dive-guide.html (581 words)

	Interactions of Pacific tuna fisheries
		It occurs in the Gulf of Aden along the north coast of Somalia (Losse, 1970) and coast of PDR Yemen and in the Gulf of Oman off Oman and United Arab Emirates.
		The distribution of longtail in the Persian Gulf extends along the Iranian coast to Bushehr and along the Arabian side to Bahrain.
		The subordinate rank of longtail tuna in the area to kawakawa may be attributed to the western extremity of its geographic range.
	www.fao.org /docrep/005/t1817e/t1817e18.htm (4842 words)

	7 A Brief on the Contribution of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute to Research and Knowledge of Coral ...
		Astreidae Fauna and geography of the Maldiv and Laccedive Archipelagoes.
		Echinoderm fauna of the proposed national marine park in the Gulf of Mannar: Symposium on endangered marine animals and marine parks.
		Composition of coral fauna of the southeastern coast of India and the Laccadives.
	www.fao.org /docrep/X5627E/x5627e0d.htm (1712 words)

	Andaman Islands Lighthouses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This cast iron tower appears to be a twin of the Indira Point Light in the Nicobar Islands; both towers were built in 1972.
		This design, a square skeletal tower with an enclosed equipment shelter at the base, was also used in the Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) and on islands in the Gulf of Kachchh in western India.
		East Island Light, at the northern end of the Andaman archipelago.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/photos/Andamans/anda.htm (234 words)

	Bulletin Board for Naval Base: Diego Garcia Island, Indian Ocean
		Favorable ocean topography minimized the tsunami's impact on the atoll.
		Diego Garcia is part of the Chagos Archipelago, situated on the southernmost part of the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge.
		To the east lies the Chagos Trench, a 400 mile long, underwater canyon that ranges in depth from less than 1,00 meters below the surface to depths that plunge to over 5,000 meters.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageBulletinBoard/1,13492,203435\|770522\|M,00.html (186 words)

	Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. vol. I Chapter 12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I have never heard how long you intend staying in the Malay Archipelago; I wish I might profit by the publication of your Travels there before my work appears, for no doubt you will reap a large harvest of facts.
		I have acted already in accordance with your advice of keeping domestic varieties, and those appearing in a state of nature, distinct; but I have sometimes doubted of the wisdom of this, and therefore I am glad to be backed by your opinion.
		I shall be quite prepared to subscribe to your doctrine of subsidence; indeed, from the quite independent evidence of the Coral Reefs I coloured my original map (in my Coral volume) of the Aru Islands as one of subsidence, but got frightened and left it uncoloured.
	pages.britishlibrary.net /charles.darwin/texts/letters/letters1_12.html (11578 words)

	Visible Earth: Maldive Islands
		The Maldives is an archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean, south of the Laccadive (Lakshadweep) Islands and southwest of India.s southern tip.
		The archipelago is made up of 1190 islands grouped into 26 atolls, of which less than 300 are inhabited by just over 300,000 people.
		The islands of the Maldives are especially sensitive to rising sea levels and erosion, since 80 percent of the islands are 1 meter or less above sea level.
	visibleearth.nasa.gov /view_rec.php?vev1id=23538 (107 words)

	TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA JULES VERNE LIBRARY / JULES VERNE ART GALLERY / NAUTICAL & MILITARY / AUCTIONS / ...
		It coasted even the Island of Kiltan, a land originally madreporic, discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1499, and one of the nineteen principal islands of the Laccadive Archipelago, situated between 10 degrees and 14 degrees 30' north latitude, and 69 degrees 50' 72" east longitude.
		Or, if the Nautilus did emerge, nothing was to be seen but the pilot's cage; and sometimes it went to great depths, for, between the Grecian Archipelago and Asia Minor, we could not touch the bottom by more than a thousand fathoms.
		Thus I only knew we were near the Island of Carpathos, one of the Sporades, by Captain Nemo reciting these lines from Virgil- "Est in Carpathio Neptuni gurgite vates, Caeruleus Proteus," as he pointed to a spot on the planisphere.
	www.twentythousandleaguesunderthesea.com /verne2.htm (19338 words)

	Classic Book Library - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne : Chapter 27 : Page 1 of 15 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the course of the day of the 29th of January, the island of Ceylon disappeared under the horizon, and the Nautilus, at a speed of twenty miles an hour, slid into the labyrinth of canals which separate the Maldives from the Laccadives.
		It coasted even the Island of Kiltan, a land originally coraline, discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1499, and one of the nineteen principal islands of the Laccadive Archipelago, situated between 10@ and 14@ 30' N. lat., and 69@ 50' 72" E. long.
		We had made 16,220 miles, or 7,500 (French) leagues from our starting-point in the Japanese Seas.
	classicbook.info /books/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea/chapter-27-page-01.html (219 words)

	1World2travel - Lakshadweep archipelago - Index
		International tourists to Bangaram are brought by flight from Kochi to Agatti
		The Lakshadweep ((laksha = one hundred thousand, dweep = island; Anglicized name Laccadives) archipelago consists of 12 coral atolls, three coral reefs, and five banks.
		Location:The Lakshadweep archipelago (still commonly referred to as the Laccadive Islands) consist of a group of atolls, reefs and submerged banks located in the eastern Arabian Sea.
	www.1world2travel.com /article.php?articleID=2647 (279 words)

	Emirald Islands, Bangaram, Laccadive, Laccadive Islands, Agatti, Laccadives, Bangaram island, Bangaram island resort, ...
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		Lakshadweep, union territory, South West India, consisting of the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi islands in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Kerala state.
		The entire territory is sometimes called the Laccadive Islands.
	www.emeraldislands.com (220 words)

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