Indian Islands

The Bay of Bengal islands are elevated portions of the submarine mountains while the other islands are entirely built of coral deposits

The Andaman and Nicobar composed of 265 big and small islands

The Great Andaman group is separated from the Nicobar group by Ten Degree Channel

 The Great Andaman is a collection of three islands, north, middle and south

Little Andaman is separated from Great Andaman by  Duncan Passage

Saddle peak in the north Andaman is the highest peak

Port Blair, the main port of the union territory located in south Andaman

Nicobar island contain 19 islands

Car Nicobar is the northern most island in Nicobar

Barren island is a dormant volcano while the Narcondam island is an extint volcano

Lakshadweep contains a number of islands . Of these, eleven are comparatively larger

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