Nancowry Island
Nancowry is an island in the central part of the Nicobar Islands chain, located in the northeast Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island in India
- Also known as: “Mūöt”, “Nankauri Island”, “Nankovri”, “Ny Sjælland”, “ナンカウリ島”, and “ナンコーリ島”
Nancowry Island
- Categories: human settlement and landform
- Location: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
7.98333° or 7° 59′ north
Longitude
93.53333° or 93° 32′ east
Population
1,110
Elevation
133 metres (436 feet)
Open location code
6MVMXGMM+88
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Vietnamese—“Nancowry Island” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Pulo Nancowry”
- Azerbaijani: “Nankauri”
- Bengali: “নানকৌড়ি দ্বীপ”
- Cebuano: “Nancowry Island”
- Chinese: “楠考里島”
- Dutch: “Nancowry Island”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نانكورى ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نانكورى”
- French: “Nancowry”
- German: “Nancowry”
- Hausa: “Tsibirin Nancowry”
- Hindi: “नन्कोव्री द्वीप”
- Indonesian: “Nancowry”
- Japanese: “ナンコウリー島”
- Russian: “Нанкаури”
- Somali: “Nancowry”
- Swedish: “Nancowry Island”
- Telugu: “నాన్కౌరీ ద్వీపం”
- Thai: “เกาะนันโกวรี”
- Thai: “เกาะแนนคาวรี”
- Urdu: “نانکوری جزیرہ”
- Vietnamese: “Anajawadi, Kanakapura”
- Vietnamese: “Nancowry”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Lapat and Itoi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Nicobar Islands and Nancowry Harbour.
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