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Located between 6° and 14° North Latitude and 92° and 94° East Longitude lie the Andaman
and Nicobar Islands, a union territory in India. It consists of two groups of islands. The
islands located north of 10° north latitude are known as Andaman while islands located south
of 10° north latitude are called Nicobar.
More than 300 islands make up the Andamans. North, Middle, and South Andaman, known
collectively as Great Andaman, are the main islands; others include Landfall Island, Interview
Island, the Sentinel Islands (where the Sentinelese tribes live), Ritchie’s Archipelago, and
Rutland Island.
The 10-degree channel which is about 145 km long separates Little Andaman in the south from
the Nicobar Islands.
