Barren Island
Barren Island is an uninhabited island in the Andaman Sea. It is the only confirmed active volcano in the Indian subcontinent, and the only active volcano along a chain of volcanoes from Sumatra to Myanmar.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 354 metres
- Description: active volcano and island in the Andaman Sea
- Also known as: “Barrenov otok”, “Jediná aktivní sopka v Indii”, and “બેરન ટાપુ”
Barren Island
- Categories: mountain, island, volcanic island, and landform
- Location: South Andamans, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.28475° or 12° 17′ 5″ north
Longitude
93.86167° or 93° 51′ 42″ east
Elevation
354 metres (1,161 feet)
Open location code
7M4M7VM6+WM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Barren Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة بارين”
- Assamese: “বেৰেন দ্বীপ, আন্দামান”
- Assamese: “বেৰেন দ্বীপ”
- Azerbaijani: “Barren”
- Bengali: “ব্যারেন দ্বীপ, আন্দামান”
- Cebuano: “Barren Island”
- Chinese: “巴倫島”
- Czech: “Barren”
- Dutch: “Barren Island”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بارين ايسلاند”
- French: “île Barren”
- French: “Île Barren”
- German: “Barren Island”
- Gujarati: “બેરન આઇલેન્ડ”
- Hindi: “बैरन द्वीप”
- Hungarian: “Barren-sziget”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Barren”
- Italian: “Barren”
- Italian: “Isola Barren”
- Japanese: “バレン島 (アンダマン諸島)”
- Kazakh: “Баррен Айленд”
- Korean: “바렌섬”
- Korean: “배런섬”
- Ladin: “Barren Island”
- Malayalam: “ബാരെൻ ദ്വീപ്”
- Persian: “جزیره بارین (جزایر آندامان)”
- Persian: “جزیره بارین”
- Polish: “Barren”
- Russian: “Баррен (Андаманские острова)”
- Russian: “Баррен”
- Slovak: “Bairin Dvíp”
- Slovenian: “Barren Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Barren”
- Swedish: “Barren Island”
- Tamil: “பாரன் தீவு”
- Telugu: “బ్యారెన్ ఐలాండ్”
- Venetian: “Barren”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Barren”
- Western Panjabi: “بیرن جزیرہ”
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