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Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a group of nearly 600 islands in the Bay of Bengal. Although part of politically, they are closer to and than to the Indian mainland.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Port Blair and Havelock Island.

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is the capital and largest city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands group, with a population of around 100,000.

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, now known officially as Swaraj Dweep, is the most visited of the Andaman Islands. It's becoming popular for its beaches, laid back atmoshere and great scuba diving.

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Part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands off the coast of , is one of the best parts of a trip to the islands. Here you get to see wild nature as well as its beauty.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Narcondam Island and Little Andaman.

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is a small volcanic island part of the territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is 710 m above sea level at the highest point. The island has an area of 7 km2.

is an island in the district of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Of the islands open to tourism, it's one of the largest, yet its remote location makes it the least visited.

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, now known officially as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island, was the capital of most of the Andaman Islands from 1858 until an earthquake in 1941.

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is in the district of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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, officially known as Shaheed Dweep, is an island of the , located in . It belongs to the administrative district, part of the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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is a small island in the North and Middle Andaman district of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in .

is in North and Middle Andaman, a thoroughly uninteresting dustbowl from which the ferry leaves for Havelock. The only beach nearby was unfortunately washed away by the tsunami and all that remains is stones.

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is a small village near the southern tip of . It has some beaches and a couple of accommodation options and is a nice place to relax, but it is more known as the gateway to the .

is a friendly, dusty little town in the North and Middle Andaman district of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. The main attractions do not lie within the town itself, but this is where buses arrive and depart from.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Latitude of center
10.2188° or 10° 13′ 8″ north
Longitude of center
92.5771° or 92° 34′ 38″ east
Population
356,000
Elevation
84 metres (276 feet)
Abbreviation
“AN”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316417278
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1278647
Wiki­data ID
Q40888
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Andaman and Nicobar Islands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Andaman- en Nicobar-eilande”
  • Angika: “अंडमान आरू निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Arabic: “جزر أندامان ونيكوبار”
  • Arabic: “جزر أندمان وَ نِكُبَار”
  • Arabic: “جزر أندمان ونيكوبار”
  • Assamese: “আন্দামান আৰু নিকোবৰ দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Assamese: “আন্দামান নিকোবৰ”
  • Asturian: “Islles Andamán y Nicobar”
  • Awadhi: “अंडमान अउर निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Azerbaijani: “Andaman və Nikobar adaları”
  • Balinese: “Kapuloan Andaman miwah Nikobar”
  • Basque: “Andaman eta Nicobar uharteak”
  • Basque: “Andaman eta Nikobar uharteak”
  • Belarusian: “Андаманскія і Нікабарскія астравы”
  • Belarusian: “Андаманскія і Нікабарскія выспы”
  • Bengali: “আন্দামান ও নিকোবর দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Betawi: “Kepuloan Andaman èn Nikobar”
  • Bhojpuri: “अंडमान अउरी निकोबार दीपसमूह”
  • Bhojpuri: “अंडमान-निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Bishnupriya: “আন্দামান বারো নিকোবর দ্বীপমালা”
  • Bosnian: “Andamani i Nikobari”
  • Breton: “Andaman ha Nicobar”
  • Breton: “Inizi Andaman ha Nicobar”
  • Breton: “Inizi Andaman ha Nikobar”
  • Bulgarian: “Андамански и Никобарски острови”
  • Burmese: “ကပ္ပလီကျွန်း”
  • Burmese: “အန္ဒမန်ကျွန်း”
  • Catalan: “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • Catalan: “Andaman i Nicobar”
  • Catalan: “Illes Andaman i Nicobar”
  • Catalan: “Illes Andaman Nicobar”
  • Catalan: “Illes Andaman”
  • Catalan: “Illes Nicobar”
  • Cebuano: “Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • Chechen: “Андаман а Никобаран а гӀайренаш”
  • Chechen: “Андаманан а, Никобаран а гӀайренаш”
  • Chinese: “Andaman kap Nicobar Kûn-tó”
  • Chinese: “安达曼-尼科巴群岛”
  • Chinese: “安達曼-尼科巴群島”
  • Chinese: “安達曼—尼科巴群島”
  • Chinese: “安達曼和尼科巴群島”
  • Croatian: “Andamani i Nikobari”
  • Croatian: “Andamanski i Nikobarski otoci”
  • Czech: “Andamanské a Nikobarské ostrovy”
  • Czech: “Andamanské ostrovy”
  • Czech: “Andamany a Nicobary”
  • Czech: “Andamany a Nikobary”
  • Danish: “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • Danish: “Andaman og Nicobar Øer”
  • Danish: “Andamanerne og Nicobarerne”
  • Dhivehi: “އަންޒަމާނާއި ނައްކަވާރު”
  • Dutch: “Andaman en Nicobar”
  • Dutch: “Andaman- en Nicobareilanden”
  • Dutch: “Andamanen en Nicobaren”
  • Esperanto: “Andamanoj kaj Nikobaroj”
  • Esperanto: “Insuloj Andamanoj kaj Nikobaroj”
  • Estonian: “Andamanid ja Nicobarid”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • Finnish: “Andamaanit ja Nikobaarit”
  • Finnish: “Andaman- ja Nicobarsaaret”
  • French: “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • French: “Andaman et nicobar”
  • French: “Andaman et Nicobar”
  • French: “Andaman-et-Nicobar”
  • French: “Îles Andaman et Nicobar”
  • French: “Îles Andaman-et-Nicobar”
  • Galician: “Andaman e Nicobar”
  • Georgian: “ანდამანის და ნიკობარის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • German: “Andamanen und Nikobaren”
  • German: “Neu-Dänemark”
  • German: “Neudänemark”
  • Gilaki: “آندامان ؤ نيکؤبار ٚ جزيره‌ئن”
  • Goan Konkani: “Andaman ani Nicobar”
  • Goan Konkani: “अंदमान आनी निकोबार”
  • Greek: “Νησιά Άνταμαν και Νίκομπαρ”
  • Greek: “Νήσοι Ανταμάν και Νικομπάρ”
  • Gujarati: “અંદામાન અને નિકોબાર દ્વીપસમૂહ”
  • Hausa: “Tsibiran Andaman da Nicobar”
  • Hebrew: “איי אנדמן וניקובר”
  • Hebrew: “איי אנדמן”
  • Hebrew: “איי ניקובר”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान एवं निकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान एवं निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान एवं निकोबार”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीप”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान और नोकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान निओबार द्वीप”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान निकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान निकोबार द्वीप”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान निकोबार”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान व निकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान व निकोबार द्वीप”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान व निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “अंडमान व नोकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Hindi: “अण्डमान एवं निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “अण्डमान और निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “अण्डमान व निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “अंदमान एवं निकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Hindi: “अंदमान एवं निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “अंदमान और निकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Hindi: “अंदमान और निकोबार द्वीप”
  • Hindi: “अंदमान निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hungarian: “Andamán- és Nikobár-szigetek”
  • Icelandic: “Andaman- og Níkóbareyjar”
  • Ido: “Andamani e Nikobari”
  • Indonesian: “Andaman dan Nicobar”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Andaman dan Nicobar”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Andaman dan Nikobar”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Nikobar dan Andaman”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Andaman dan Nikobar”
  • Irish: “Oileáin Andaman agus Nicobar”
  • Italian: “Andamane e Nicobare”
  • Japanese: “アンダマン・ニコバル諸島”
  • Japanese: “アンダマン・ニコバル諸島連邦直轄地”
  • Japanese: “アンダマンニコバル諸島”
  • Javanese: “Kapuloan Andaman lan Nikobar”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಡಮಾನ್ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಕೊಬಾರ”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಡಮಾನ್ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಕೊಬಾರ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಡಮಾನ್ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಕೊಬಾರ್”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಡ‌ಮಾನ್ ಮ‌ತ್ತು ನಿಕೋಬಾರ್ ದ್ವೀಪ‌ಗ‌ಳು”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಡಮಾನ್ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಕೋಬಾರ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಡಮಾನ್ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಕೋಬಾರ್”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಡಮಾನ್”
  • Kashmiri: “انڈمان تٔ نِکوبار”
  • Kashmiri: “انڈمان تہٕ نِکوبار”
  • Kirghiz: “Андаман жана Никобар аралдары”
  • Korean: “안다만 니코바르 제도”
  • Kurdish: “giravên Andaman û Nîkobarê”
  • Latin: “Insulae Andamanae et Nicobarae”
  • Latin: “Insulae Andamanenses et Nicobarenses”
  • Latvian: “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • Latvian: “Andamanu un Nikobaru salas”
  • Latvian: “Andamanu un Nikobaru Salas”
  • Latvian: “Andamanu un Nikobāru Salas”
  • Lithuanian: “Andamanų ir Nikobarų salos”
  • Macedonian: “Андамани и Никобари”
  • Maithili: “अन्डमान आ निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Maithili: “अन्डमान आर निकोबर द्विप”
  • Maithili: “अन्डमान आर निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Andaman dan Nicobar”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Andaman dan Nikobar”
  • Malayalam: “Andaman & Nicobar Islands”
  • Malayalam: “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • Malayalam: “ആൻഡമാൻ നിക്കോബാർ ദ്വീപുകൾ”
  • Malayalam: “ആൻഡമാൻ നിക്കോബാർ”
  • Malayalam: “ആന്തമാൻ നിക്കോബാർ ദ്വീപുകൾ”
  • Malayalam: “ആന്തമാൻ നിക്കോബാർ”
  • Malayalam: “ആന്റമാൻ ആന്റ് നിക്കോബർ ദ്വീപുകൾ”
  • Marathi: “अंदमान आणि निकोबार द्विपसमूह”
  • Marathi: “अंदमान आणि निकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Marathi: “अंदमान आणि निकोबार द्वीपसमुह”
  • Marathi: “अंदमान आणि निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Marathi: “अंदमान आणि निकोबार बेटे”
  • Marathi: “अंदमान आणि निकोबार”
  • Marathi: “अंदमान निकोबार”
  • Marathi: “अंदमान”
  • Mazanderani: “آندامان و نیکوبار”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Andaman gâe̤ng Nicobar Gùng-dō̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Andaman kap Nicobar Islands”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Andaman kap Nicobar Kûn-tó”
  • Minangkabau: “Kapulauan Andaman jo Nikobar”
  • Mingrelian: “ადამანიშ დო ნიკობარიშ კოკეფი”
  • Mingrelian: “ანდამანიშ დო ნიკობარიშ კოკეფი”
  • Nepali: “अंडमान र निकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Nepali: “अण्डमान एवं निकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Nepali: “अण्डमान र निकोबार द्वीप समूह”
  • Nepali: “अण्डमान र निकोबार”
  • Nepali: “अन्डमन र निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
  • Newari: “अंदमान व निकोबार द्वीप”
  • Northern Frisian: “Andamaanen an Nikobaaren”
  • Northern Luri: “میناڤە یا آندامان و نیکوٙبار”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Andaman og Nicobarøyene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Andaman- og Nicobarøyene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Andamanene og Nicobarene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Andamanene og Nikobarene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Andamanøyene og Nikobarane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Andaman og Nicobar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Andaman og Nikobar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Andaman- og Nikobar-øyane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Andamanane og Nikobarane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Andamanene og Nikobarene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Andamanøyane og Nikobarane”
  • Norwegian: “Andamanene og Nikobarene”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illas Andaman e Nicobar”
  • Oriya: “ଅଣ୍ଡମାନ ଓ ନିକୋବାର ଦ୍ଵୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ”
  • Oriya: “ଆଣ୍ଡମାନ ଓ ନିକୋବର ଦ୍ଵୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ”
  • Oriya: “ଆଣ୍ଡାମାନ ଓ ନିକୋବର ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ”
  • Oriya: “ଆଣ୍ଡାମାନ ଓ ନିକୋବାର ଦ୍ବୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ”
  • Oriya: “ଆନ୍ଦାମାନ ଓ ନିକୋବାର ଦିପ”
  • Oriya: “ଆନ୍ଦାମାନ ଓ ନିକୋବାର ଦ୍ବୀପ”
  • Ossetian: “Андаманы æмæ Никобары сакъадæхтæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅੰਡੇਮਾਨ ਅਤੇ ਨਿਕੋਬਾਰ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅੰਡੇਮਾਨ ਅਤੇ ਨਿਕੋਬਾਰ ਦੀਪ ਸਮੂਹ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅੰਡੇਮਾਨ ਨਿਕੋਬਾਰ ਦੀਪ ਸਮੂਹ”
  • Persian: “آندامان و نیکوبار”
  • Persian: “جزایر آندامان و نیکوبار”
  • Persian: “جزایر اندامان و نیکوبار”
  • Persian: “منگالور”
  • Polish: “Andamany i Nikobary”
  • Portuguese: “Andaman e ilhas nicobar”
  • Portuguese: “Andaman e Nicobar”
  • Portuguese: “Andamão e Nicobar”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Andaman e Nicobar”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Andamão e Nicobar”
  • Pushto: “اندامان او نیکوبار ټاپو”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Andaman şi Nicobar”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Andaman și Nicobar”
  • Russian: “Андаманские и Никобарские острова”
  • Sanskrit: “अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीप”
  • Sanskrit: “अण्डमाननिकोबारद्वीपसमूहः”
  • Sanskrit: “अण्डमान् -निकोबार् -द्वीपौ”
  • Sanskrit: “अण्डमान् निकोबार् च द्वीपसूहः”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱱᱰᱟᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱤᱠᱚᱵᱚᱨ ᱯᱩᱧᱡᱤᱰᱷᱤᱯ”
  • Scots: “Andaman an Nicobar Islands”
  • Serbian: “Андамани и Никобари”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Andamani i Nikobari”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Andamanska i Nikobarska ostrva”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Andamanski i Nikobarski otoci”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Andamanski i Nikobarski Otoci”
  • Sinhala: “අන්දමන් සහ නිකොබාර් දූපත්”
  • Slovak: “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • Slovak: “Andamany a Nikobary”
  • Slovenian: “Andamanski in Nicobarski otoki”
  • Slovenian: “Andamanski in Nikobarski otoki”
  • Slovenian: “Andamanski otoki”
  • Slovenian: “Nikobarski otoki”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آندامان و نیکوبار آدالاری”
  • Spanish: “Andaman y Nicobar”
  • Spanish: “Andamán y Nicobar”
  • Spanish: “Islas Andaman y Nicobar”
  • Spanish: “Islas Andamán y Nicobar”
  • Swahili: “Visiwa vya Andaman na Nicobar”
  • Swahili: “Visiwa vya Andamani na Nikobari”
  • Swedish: “Andaman & Nicobar”
  • Swedish: “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • Swedish: “Andaman and Nicobar”
  • Swedish: “Andaman och Nicobar öarna”
  • Swedish: “Andamanerna och Nicobarerna”
  • Swedish: “Andamanerna och Nikobarerna”
  • Swedish: “Andamanerna”
  • Swedish: “Andamanöarna”
  • Swedish: “Nicobarerna”
  • Swedish: “Nicobaröarna”
  • Swedish: “Nikobarerna”
  • Tagalog: “Kapuluan ng Andaman at Nicobar”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазираҳои Ондомон ва Некӯбор”
  • Tamil: “அந்தமான் நிகோபார் தீவுகள்”
  • Tamil: “அந்தமான் நிகோபார்”
  • Tamil: “அந்தமான் நிக்கோபர் தீவுகள்”
  • Tamil: “அந்தமான் நிக்கோபர்”
  • Tamil: “அந்தமான் நிக்கோபார் தீவுகள்”
  • Tamil: “அந்தமான் நிக்கோபார்”
  • Tamil: “அந்தமான் மற்றும் நிக்கோபார் தீவுகள்”
  • Tamil: “அந்தமான், நிக்கோபார் தீவுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Андаман һәм Никобар утраулары”
  • Telugu: “అండమాను నికోబారు దీవులు”
  • Telugu: “అండమాన్ నికోబార్ దీవులు”
  • Telugu: “అండమాన్ మరియు నికోబార్ దీవులు”
  • Telugu: “అండమాన్”
  • Telugu: “నికోబార్”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะอันดามันและนิโคบาร์”
  • Turkish: “Andaman ve Nicobar Adaları”
  • Turkish: “Andaman ve Nikobar adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Андаманські і Нікобарські острови”
  • Urdu: “جزائر انڈمان و نکوبار”
  • Uzbek: “Andaman va Nikobar orollari”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Andaman và Nicobar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an han Andaman ngan Nicobar”
  • Western Panjabi: “انڈیمان اتے نکوبار”
  • Western Panjabi: “انڈیمان تے نکوبار”
  • Western Panjabi: “اینڈامین تے نیکوبار”
  • Wu Chinese: “安达曼-尼科巴群岛”
  • Yoruba: “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
  • Yoruba: “Àwọn Erékùṣù Andaman àti Nicobar”
  • Yue Chinese: “安達曼-尼科巴群島”
  • “अंडमान अउरी निकोबार दीपसमूह”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Andaman and Nicobar Islands”. Photo: Rubu1986, CC BY-SA 3.0.