Bluff Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[5] The island lies 64 km (40 mi) north from Port Blair.
  Bluff Island Location of Bluff Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bay of Bengal |
| Coordinates | 12°14′49″N 92°41′53″E / 12.247°N 92.698°E |
| Archipelago | Andaman Islands |
| Adjacent to | Indian Ocean |
| Area | 0.21 km2 (0.081 sq mi)[1] |
| Length | 0.8 km (0.5 mi) |
| Width | 0.4 km (0.25 mi) |
| Coastline | 2.27 km (1.411 mi) |
| Administration | |
| District | North and Middle Andaman |
| Island group | Andaman Islands |
| Island sub-group | West Baratang Group |
| Taluk | Rangat Taluk |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 (2016) |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| PIN | 744202[2] |
| Telephone code | 031927 [3] |
| ISO code | IN-AN-00[4] |
| Official website | www |
| Literacy | 84.4% |
| Avg. summer temperature | 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 23.0 °C (73.4 °F) |
| Sex ratio | 1.2♂/♀ |
| Census Code | 35.639.0004 |
| Official Languages | Hindi, English |
Geography
editThe island belongs to the West Baratang Group and lies south of Spike Island. The island is separated from South Andaman to the south by narrow channel, 500 m wide. It is 30 metres high to the tops of the trees.[6]
Administration
editPolitically, Bluff Island, along neighboring Baratang Islands, is part of Rangat Taluk.[7]
Demographics
editThe island was previously inhabited. In 1949, the few surviving Great Andamanese people were relocated to this island to protect them from diseases and other threats.[8] On this island their population reached the all-time low of 19 individuals in 1961. In 1969 they were relocated to the slightly larger Strait Island.[8]
Fauna
editBluff Island and the surrounding waters are a wildlife sanctuary of India, initiated in 1987 as a nature preserve.[9] with an area of 1.14 km2.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "A&N Islands - Pincodes". 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "STD Codes of Andaman and Nicobar". allcodesindia.in. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
- ^ "Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 173: India and the Bay of Bengal (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 276.
- ^ "DEMOGRAPHIC – A&N ISLANDS" (PDF). andssw1.and.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ a b Rann Singh Mann (2005), Andaman and Nicobar Tribes Restudied: Encounters and Concerns, page 149. Mittal Publications. ISBN 81-8324-010-0
- ^ a b Wildlife Institute of India (2000), Andaman and Nicobar Islands Archived 25 August 2003 at archive.today section of Directory of Wildlife Protected Areas in India[permanent dead link]. Accessed on 2012-07-12.
- Geological Survey of India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands travel guide from Wikivoyage
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