Nicobar Islands

Nicobar Islands
Location of the Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Geography
LocationBay of Bengal
Coordinates7°05′N 93°48′E / 7.083°N 93.800°E / 7.083; 93.800
ArchipelagoAndaman and Nicobar Islands
Total islands22
Major islandsCar Nicobar, Great Nicobar, Little Nicobar
Area1,841 km2 (711 sq mi)
Highest elevation642 m (2106 ft)
Highest pointMount Thullier
Administration
Union territoryAndaman and Nicobar Islands
Capital cityPort Blair (on South Andaman Island)
Largest settlementMalacca, Car Nicobar (pop. 1,637)
Demographics
Population36,842 (2011)
Pop. density20/km2 (50/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsNicobarese
Shompen
Mainland Indians
Additional information
Time zone
 • Summer (DST)
Official websitehttps://andaman.nic.in/

The Nicobar Islands /ˈnɪkəbɑːr/ are an archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean. They are located in Southeast Asia, 150 kilometres (93 mi) northwest of Aceh on Sumatra, and separated from Thailand to the east by the Andaman Sea. Located 1,300 kilometres (810 mi) southeast of the Indian subcontinent, across the Bay of Bengal, they are part of India, as the Nicobar district within the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Together with the Andaman Islands to their north, the Nicobar Islands serve as a maritime boundary between the Bay of Bengal to the west and the Andaman Sea to the east.

UNESCO has declared the Great Nicobar Island as one of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.[1]

  1. ^ [1], The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), added the following new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/multimedia/photos/mab-2013/india/.