Andaman & Nicobar Islands
South Andaman District
Port Blair

North Sentinel Island

North Sentinel Island is one of the , an Indian archipelago in the that also includes . A protected area of India, it is home to the Sentinelese, an indigenous tribe in voluntary isolation who have defended—often with force—their protected isolation from the outside world.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: one of the Andaman Islands
  • Also known as: “Pa-Tang”

North Sentinel Island

Latitude
11.55475° or 11° 33′ 17″ north
Longitude
92.24083° or 92° 14′ 27″ east
Population
50
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
7M3JH63R+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 193412500
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1261175
Wiki­data ID
Q1260331
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“North Sentinel Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Noord-Sentineleiland”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة سينتينل”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Սենտինել կղզի”
  • Assamese: “উত্তৰ চেণ্টিনেল দ্বীপ”
  • Asturian: “islla Sentinel del Norte”
  • Asturian: “Sentinel del Norte”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimali Sentinel adası”
  • Basque: “Ipar Sentinel uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночны Сентынельскі востраў”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночны Сэнтынэльскі востраў”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর সেন্টিনেল দ্বীপ”
  • Bulgarian: “Северен Сентинел”
  • Catalan: “Sentinel del Nord”
  • Cebuano: “North Sentinel Island”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوورگەی سێنتینەڵی باکوور”
  • Chechen: “Къилбаседа Сентинель”
  • Chinese: “北哨兵岛”
  • Chinese: “北哨兵島”
  • Chinese: “北桑提内尔岛”
  • Chinese: “北森蒂納爾島”
  • Chinese: “北森蒂纳尔岛”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverni Sentinel”
  • Czech: “Severní Sentinel”
  • Danish: “North Sentinel Island”
  • Dutch: “Noord-Sentineleiland”
  • Dutch: “North Sentinel Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره سينتينل”
  • Esperanto: “Nord-Sentinela Insulo”
  • Estonian: “Põhja-Sentinel”
  • Finnish: “Pohjois-Sentinel”
  • French: “île de North Sentinel”
  • French: “Île de North Sentinel”
  • Galician: “Illa Sentinela do Norte”
  • German: “North Sentinel Island”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Βόρειο Σέντινελ”
  • Hebrew: “האי צפון סנטינל”
  • Hindi: “उत्तर सेंटीनेल द्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Északi-Szentinel-sziget”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Sentinel Utara”
  • Italian: “isola di North Sentinel”
  • Italian: “Isola di North Sentinel”
  • Italian: “North Sentinel”
  • Japanese: “北センチネル島”
  • Japanese: “北センティネル島”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк Сентинел аралы”
  • Korean: “노스센티널섬”
  • Korean: “북 센티널 섬”
  • Korean: “북센티널섬”
  • Kurdish: “Girava Sentinel a Bakur”
  • Kurdish: “Girava Sentînel a Bakur”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Sentinelų sala”
  • Macedonian: “Северен Сентинел”
  • Malay: “Pulau Sentinel Utara”
  • Malayalam: “നോർത്ത് സെന്റിനെന്റൽ ദ്വീപ്”
  • Malayalam: “നോർത്ത് സെന്റിനെൽ ദ്വീപ്”
  • Malayalam: “വടക്കൻ സെന്റിനെൽ ദ്വീപ്”
  • Marathi: “उत्तर सेंटिनेल बेट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “North Sentinel Island”
  • Norwegian: “North Sentinel Island”
  • Persian: “جزیره سنتینل شمالی”
  • Polish: “North Sentinel”
  • Polish: “Sentinel Północny”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Sentinela do Norte”
  • Portuguese: “Sentinela do Norte”
  • Romanian: “Insula Santinelei de Nord”
  • Russian: “Норт-Сентинел”
  • Serbian: “Ostrvo Severni Sentinel”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverni Sentinel”
  • Silesian: “Půłnocny Sentinel”
  • Sinhala: “north sentinel island”
  • Slovenian: “North Sentinel Island”
  • Slovenian: “Severni stražni otok”
  • Spanish: “Isla Sentinel del Norte”
  • Swedish: “Norra Sentinel”
  • Swedish: “North Sentinel Island”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு சென்டினல் தீவு”
  • Thai: “เกาะเซนทิเนลเหนือ”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Sentinel Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний Сентінельський острів”
  • Ukrainian: “Північний Сентінельській острів”
  • Urdu: “شمالی سینٹینل جزیرہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Bắc Sentinel”
  • Western Frisian: “Noard Sentinel Eilân”
  • Western Panjabi: “شمالی سینٹینل جزیرہ”
  • Yue Chinese: “北哨兵島”
  • “ma pi kulupu Sensine”
  • “ma telo Sensine lete”

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