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	Nicobar Islands - LoveToKnow 1911
		NICOBAR ISLANDS, a British group of twelve inhabited and seven uninhabited islands in the Bay of Bengal, between Sumatra and the Andaman Islands, to which latter they are administratively appended.
		The marine surveys of these islands are still meagre and unsatisfactory, but the whole of the Nicobars and outlying islands were surveyed topographically by the Indian Survey Department in 1886-1887, when a number of maps on the scale of 2 in.
		Some of the islands have mere flat, coral-covered surfaces; others, again, are hilly, the Great Nicobar rising to 2105 ft. On that island there are considerable and beautiful streams, but the others generally are badly off for fresh surface water.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Nicobar_Islands (1309 words)

	Andaman Nicobar Islands
		Floating in splendid isolation, East of the Indian mainland is the archipelago of the 572 emerald Islands, isles and rocks known as Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
		The topography of the Islands is hilly and abounds in evergreen forests.
		The sandy beaches on the edge of meandering coastline of the Islands are fringed with coconut palms that sway to the rhythm of the sea.
	www.andamanconnections.com (178 words)

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		Floating in splendid isolation, east of the Indian mainland is the archipelago of 572 emerald islands, islets and rocks known as Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
	andaman-nicobar.indiantravelportal.com (893 words)

	Andaman and Nicobar Islands :: Travel to Andaman and Nicobar Islands:: Andaman and Nicobar Islands Journey :: Andaman ...
		The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India.
		Climate of Andaman Island: The climate of the Andamans themselves may be described as normal for tropical islands of similar latitude.
		The total area of the Andaman Islands is some 6,408 km2; that of the Nicobar Islands approximately 1,841 km2.
	andaman-nicobar-islands.goto-india.com (1172 words)

	Andaman and Nicobar Islands Summary
		Though the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are sparsely and unevenly populated, around one-third of the inhabitants live in Port Blair, the only town and the business and commercial center.
		It is comprised of two island groups -the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands - which separate the Andaman Sea to the east from the Indian Ocean.
		The islands were nominally put under the authority of the Arzi Hukumate Azad Hind of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
	www.bookrags.com /Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands (1601 words)

	andaman and nicobar islands map and map of andaman and nicobar islands information page
		Note that travel to the Nicobar Islands is restricted, and only Indian nationals engaged in research may visit.
		Relative Location The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are located in both the eastern and northern hemispheres.
		Excursions to the beautiful islands of Wandoor and Jolly Buoy are recommended as well as a trip to the bird sanctuary at Chiriyatapoo.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/asia/andaman.htm (629 words)

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	www.andamanisland.com (301 words)

	District Map of Andaman and Nicobar, Andaman and Nicobar district map, map of Andoman and Nicobar districts
		District Map of Andaman and Nicobar, Andaman and Nicobar district map, map of Andoman and Nicobar districts
		The Andaman group of islands comprises of islands such as North Andaman, Middle Andaman, South Andaman, Baratang, and Little Andaman.
		It is a group of big and small picturesque islands in the form of a narrow broken chain which forms a north-south arc.
	www.mapsofindia.com /maps/andamanandnicobar/andamanandnicobar.htm (507 words)

	Andaman and nicobar islands travel guide
		The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a breathtaking archipelago located east of India.
		The less than 300 000 inhabitants have 572 islands at their disposal, covered in dense forest and white beaches.
		Port Blair is the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
	www.world66.com /asia/southasia/india/andamanandnicobarislands (401 words)

	Andaman and Nicobar Islands Tours, Travel to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Traveling to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, ...
		The nature lovers are allured to the Andaman and the Nicobar Islands by its pollution-free environment, clean roads, verdant greens and unspoilt environs.
		The Andaman Islands comprise of a cluster of about 239 islands, but the bulk consists of three massive islands that are closely inter-connected.
		On your Andaman and Nicobar Islands Tours, you will find yourself amidst the tropical rainforests that are home to a diverse variety of plant, animal and marine life.
	www.southindiatourtravel.com /andaman-nicobar-islands (266 words)

	YouTube - Andaman & Nicobar Islands - India
		These are a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal, and are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India.
		There are 576 islands in the group, 26 of which are inhabited.
		The length of the island chain is 352 km and its greatest width is 51 km.
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=V9Mczm7Bic4 (387 words)

	UNICEF - Tsunami disaster — countries in crisis - Keeping children healthy in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 1 year ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Biju was born 2.5 months after the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands last December, killing 3,500 people here.
		CAR NICOBAR, India, December 2005 — One year after the tsunami struck the Andaman and Nicobar Islands off the coast of India, killing about 3,500 people — one third of them children — 46,000 people here are still living in temporary shelters.
		A joint vitamin A and measles immunization campaign in these islands (also carried out in Tamil Nadu state on the mainland) was crucial in preventing any major outbreak of disease in the area after the disaster.
	www.unicef.org /emerg/disasterinasia/24615_30054.html (451 words)

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	Nicobar,Nicobar Islands,Andaman and Nicobar Islands Travel Guide
		The Great Nicobar Island is where a large variety of wildlife thrives, splendidly segregated from the rest of the Nicobar Islands by the six-degree channel.
		Most of the nicer beaches with clear water ranging in colour from pale lime to cobalt blue are found on the relatively more isolated western coast of these islands.
		Even if most of these islands are inhabited by the tribal population its worth an adventure.
	andaman-nicobar.indiantravelportal.com /nicobar (116 words)

	Definition of Nicobar Islands - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
		islands India in Indian Ocean S of Andaman Islands area 740 square miles (1917 square kilometers), population 14,563 — see andaman and nicobar
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		See a map of "Nicobar Islands" in the Visual Thesaurus
	www.m-w.com /dictionary/Nicobar+Islands (60 words)

	Surfing in the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands of Bengal, India.
		Surfing in the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands of Bengal, India.
		SEAL are the pioneers of surfing in the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, India.
		The Andaman Island Archipelago is engulfed by the crystal clear waters of the Indian Ocean.
	www.seal-asia.com /surfing/index.htm (504 words)

	Andaman and Nicobar - Wikitravel
		Andaman and Nicobar [1] are a large group of nearly 600 islands in the Bay of Bengal.
		The Nicobars were badly hit the by the resulting tsunami, while the Andamans escaped with a few bruises.
		The islands exist in India's popular consciousness mainly because they were used as a penal colony by the British rulers to imprison rebels and freedom fighters, in addition to hardened criminals.
	wikitravel.org /en/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands (1378 words)

	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
		The history of the Andaman and Nicobar islands is representative of the medieval to modern history of India: a soul-stirring saga of invasions, conquests, state-sponsored terror -- and that undying spirit of freedom.
		Andaman and Nicobar Islands -- a grim reminder of the horrific aspects of the British rule of India -- are a group of 321 tropical islands in the Bay of Bengal, 1,200km east of the Indian mainland.
		The islands were annexed by the Marathas in the late 17th century, then by the British in the 19th century, by the Japanese during World War II, and incorporated into the Indian union in 1947 when the British rule of India ended.
	www.indiaonestop.com /andamanandnicobarislands.htm (461 words)

	Nicobar Islands - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nicobar Islands, group of 19 islands of India, in the Indian Ocean, between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.
		Andaman Islands, associated body of water, India – states, union territories, and their capital cities (table), Nicobar Islands, tsunami of...
		- island group in the Indian Ocean, east of Sri Lanka, part of the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
	encarta.msn.com /Nicobar_Islands.html (153 words)

	Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Tours to Islands in India, Holidays to Islands, Budget Holidays in Islands
		Floating in splendid isolation, cast of the Indian mainland is the archipelago of 572 emerald islands, islets and rocks known as Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
		The topography of the islands is hilly and abounds in evergreen forests.
		The tribes of, the Andaman group of islands are the Great Andamanese, Onges, Jarawas, and Sentinatese, all of Negrito origin, while the tribes of Nicobars are the Nicobarese and Shompens, both of Mongoloid stock.
	www.atrip2india.com /cities/andaman-islands.htm (522 words)

	Beaches - Andaman Nicobar Island
		The string of 300 islands that comprises the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India lies in the middle of the Bay of Bengal.
		The Islands possess a number of harbours, notably Port Blair in the south, Elphinstone and Bonington in the middle and Port Cornwallis in the north.
		The Nicobar- Islands are situated to the South of the Andamans.
	www.indiatravelite.com /Beaches/andamannicobarint.htm (288 words)

	Because of Connection to Natural World Primitive Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Escape Tsunami The Hindu (India) ...
		The worst-hit islands of Nicobar and Car Nicobar consists of the Nicobarese who are the largest Scheduled Tribe in the union territory, according to an official release.
		The southern part of Car Nicobar island, inhabited by the Mongolian-origin primitive tribe of Shompen, who were feared to have been hit badly by the tidal waves due to its proxomity to Sumatra which was epicentre of the massive earthquake, have now been confirmed safe by-and-large after an aerial survey, the release said.
		Andaman and Nicobar islands, with a total population of 3,56,152 as on March 1, 2001, today continued to be rocked with the aftershocks of the deep sea quake.
	www.mindfully.org /Health/2005/Tsunami-Andaman-Nicobar5jan04.htm (1585 words)

	Andaman Nicobar travel guide,Andaman and Nicobar island travel guide,Andaman & nicobar tour operators,andaman nicobar ...
		The islands are surrounded by coral reefs, sandy beaches and clear water.The topography of the islands is Hilly and abounds in evergreen forests.
		The Nicobar Islands are located to the south of the Andamans, 121 km from the Little Andaman Island.
		The climate in the Andaman and Nicobar is tropical.
	www.tourmyindia.com /states/andaman/index.html (1038 words)

	Andaman Nicobar Islands,Andaman Nicobar Tours,Andaman Nicobar Islands Tour,Andaman Nicobar Tour
		Port Blair, the capital of the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is an ideal base for touring the archipelago of 321 islands.
		The Ross Island, Corbyn's Cove, Wandoor, Sippigaht Farm, Chiriya Tapu, Neil Islands, Havelock Islands are all in and near Port Blair.
		The two groups of islands, Andaman and Nicobar, are immensely popular with tourists and are known for their pristine palm-fringed beaches and the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal.
	www.minartravels.net /andaman-nicobar.html (599 words)

	Quake hits Andaman & Nicobar Islands
		The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, he said, were jolted by the earthquake between 6:30 and 6:35 am.
		The extent of damage and casualty in a number of small islands in the Andamans group in the Indian Ocean is yet to be known, as rescue teams had not reached all the places.
		The islands are close to the epicentre of a major earthquake that rocked Sumatra Island in neighbouring Indonesia.
	www.rediff.com /news/2004/dec/26an.htm (570 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Nicobar Islands rain forests (IM0133)
		The Nicobars are separated from the Andamans in the north by a 150-km-wide channel and are 189 km from Sumatra to the southeast.
		The climate of the Nicobar Islands is warm tropical, with temperatures ranging from 22 to 30°C and 3,000-3,800 mm annual average rainfall.
		Wildlife exploitation threatens the edible-nest swiftlet in the Nicobars, the Nicobar megapode, crocodiles, and sea turtles (Das 1999; Sankaran 1997).
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0133_full.html (1355 words)

	Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Gospel for Asia
		As union territory of India, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands comprise 572 islands formed by a submerged mountain range stretching from the southern tip of Myanmar down to Sumatra in Indonesia.
		The British established their first colony in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 1789 and later annexed the islands and turned them into a penal colony for Indian freedom fighters.
		The islands have a tropical climate with medium to heavy rain during the monsoon season (the months from May to mid-September and again from November to mid-December).
	www.gfa.org /andaman (333 words)

	UNESCO/IOC Indian Ocean Tsunami Post tsunami field survey site
		The Andaman and Nicobar islands located in the subduction zone of Burma Plate is classified as Seismic zone 5 indicating high level of risk due to earthquake.
		Therefore, the wide variation in the run up levels between Andaman and Nicobar islands was primarily due to the remoteness of North, Middle and South Andaman islands relative to Nicobar group to the tsunami source zone and also due to nature of land topography in the run-up level measurement locations.
		The Little Andaman and the Car Nicobar islands that had relatively gentle slopes along the coast compared to the South Andaman island, experienced farthest penetration of seawater (Table 2) apart from the fact that they are located close to Tsunami wave source.
	ioc.unesco.org /iosurveys/India/nicobar/nicobar.htm (1801 words)

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