Minicoy Island

Minicoy Island is the most southern island of the archipelago, in . It is about 200 km from the coast of Kerala and is the second largest island in the archipelago.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: atoll in India
  • Also known as: Minicoy” and “Minikoi

Places of Interest

Highlights include Minicoy Island Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
The , which was established on 2 February 1885 at the southern end of the Minicoy Island in the Indian union territory of during the British regime, is 49.5 metres in height and has now a range of 40 nautical miles it is built in brick masonry and has a lantern and gallery. is situated 3 km west of Minicoy Island.

Minicoy Island

Latitude
8.27585° or 8° 16′ 33″ north
Longitude
73.05217° or 73° 3′ 8″ east
Population
10,700
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
6JWM73G2+8V
Geo­Names ID
1263035
Wiki­data ID
Q162448
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Minicoy Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة ملك
  • Arabic: ماليكو
  • Armenian: Մինիկոյ
  • Azerbaijani: Minikoy adası
  • Belarusian: Атол Мінікой
  • Belarusian: Мінікой
  • Bengali: মিনিকয়
  • Bishnupriya: মলিক
  • Catalan: Minicoi
  • Cebuano: Minicoy Island
  • Chinese: Minicoy
  • Chinese: 米尼科伊岛
  • Dhivehi: މަލިކު
  • Dutch: Minicoy
  • Estonian: Minicoy saar
  • Estonian: Minicoy
  • Finnish: Minicoy
  • French: Minicoy
  • German: Minicoy
  • Hindi: मलिक
  • Hindi: मिनीकॉय
  • Hungarian: Minicoy
  • Italian: Isola di Minicoy
  • Italian: Minicoy
  • Japanese: マリク・アトル
  • Japanese: ミニコイ島
  • Japanese: ミニコイ諸島
  • Macedonian: Малику
  • Macedonian: Миникој
  • Malay: Minicoy
  • Malayalam: മലിക്കു
  • Malayalam: മിനിക്കോയ്
  • Marathi: मलिक
  • Marathi: मलिकु
  • Min Nan Chinese: Minicoy
  • Newari: मलिक
  • Newari: मालिकु
  • Ossetian: Миникой
  • Panjabi: ਮਿਨੀਕੋਏ ਦ੍ਵੀਪ
  • Persian: مینیکوی
  • Polish: Minicoy
  • Portuguese: Minicoy
  • Russian: Миникой
  • Spanish: Maliku
  • Swedish: Minicoy Island
  • Tamil: மினிக்காய் தீவு
  • Urdu: ملِک
  • Urdu: منیکوئی
  • Vietnamese: Minicoy

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Minicoy Island”. Photo: Ajmal Hussain PKH, CC BY-SA 3.0.