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Man Island (Nicobar Islands)

Coordinates: 8°23′N 93°39′E / 8.39°N 93.65°E / 8.39; 93.65
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Man Island
Nickname: Laouk
Man Island is located in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Man Island
Man Island
Location in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in the Bay of Bengal
Man Island is located in Bay of Bengal
Man Island
Man Island
Man Island (Bay of Bengal)
Geography
LocationBay of Bengal
Coordinates8°23′N 93°39′E / 8.39°N 93.65°E / 8.39; 93.65
ArchipelagoNicobar Islands
Adjacent toIndian Ocean
Total islands1
Major islands
  • Man
Area0.37 km2 (0.14 sq mi)[1]
Length1.3 km (0.81 mi)
Width0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Coastline3.9 km (2.42 mi)
Highest elevation111 m (364 ft)
Highest pointMan Rock[2]
Administration
DistrictNicobar
Island groupNicobar Islands
Subdivisions of IndiaNancowry Subdivision
TalukTeressa tehsil
Demographics
Population0 (2011)
Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsHindu, Nicobarese People
Additional information
Time zone
PIN744301
Telephone code03192
ISO codeIN-AN-00[3]
Official websitewww.and.nic.in
Literacy84.4%
Avg. summer temperature32.0 °C (89.6 °F)
Avg. winter temperature28.0 °C (82.4 °F)
Sex ratio/
Census Code35.638.0002.645033
Official LanguagesHindi, English, Tamil
Car (regional)

Man is an uninhabited island in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Administration

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The island belongs to the township of Nancowry of Teressa Taluk.[4][5]

Geography

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The island is a part of the Nicobar Islands chain, located in the northeast Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) SSE of Cape Winifred of Tillangchong island.

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References

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  1. ^ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman.
  2. ^ Info
  3. ^ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
  4. ^ Tehsils
  5. ^ "Andaman and Nicobar Islands villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2015.