Mount Harriet National Park

Mount Harriet National Park
(Mount Manipur National Park)
Centaur oakblue at Mt. Harriet National Park
Map showing the location of Mount Harriet National Park (Mount Manipur National Park)
Map showing the location of Mount Harriet National Park (Mount Manipur National Park)
Map showing the location of Mount Harriet National Park (Mount Manipur National Park)
Map showing the location of Mount Harriet National Park (Mount Manipur National Park)
Mount Harriet National Park (India)
LocationFerrargunj tehsil
Nearest cityPort Blair
Coordinates11°42′59″N 92°44′02″E / 11.71639°N 92.73389°E / 11.71639; 92.73389
Area46.62 square kilometres (18.00 sq mi)
Established1979
Governing bodyGovernment of India

Mount Harriet National Park, officially renamed as Mount Manipur National Park, is a national park located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory of India.[1] The park, established in 1969, covers about 4.62 km2 (18.00 mi2).[2] Mount Manipur (Mount Harriet) (383 metres (1,257 ft)[3]), which is a part of the park, is the third-highest peak in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago next to Saddle Peak (732 metres (2,402 ft)) in North Andaman and Mount Thullier (568 metres (1,864 ft)) in Great Nicobar.[4]

The park is named in commemoration of Harriet C. Tytler, the second wife of Robert Christopher Tytler, a British army officer, an administrator, naturalist and photographer, who was appointed Superintendent of the Convict Settlement at Port Blair in the Andamans from April 1862 to February 1864.[5] Harriet is remembered for her work in documenting the monuments of Delhi and for her notes at the time of the Revolt of 1857 in India.[6]

Mount Manipur (Mount Harriet) depicted on the Indian 20-rupee note (pre-2019 edition)

The park's well-known faunal species are Andaman wild pigs (an endangered species), saltwater crocodiles, turtles and robber crabs.[7] The park is also a butterfly hotspot.[3] The picture on the back side of ₹ 20 banknote has been taken at the park.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Celebrations in Manipur for renaming Andman's Mount Harriet Park". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  2. ^ Negi 2002, p. 52.
  3. ^ a b Outlook 2008, p. 38.
  4. ^ Venkataraman, Raghunathan & Sivaperuman 2012, p. 7.
  5. ^ "Robert Christopher Tytler". britishempire.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. ^ Dalrymple 2009, p. 443.
  7. ^ Husain, p. 4.