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The islands have a 132 km (82 mi) long coastline with a lagoon area of 4,200 km 2 (1,600 sq mi), territorial waters of 20,000 km 2 (7,700 sq mi), and an exclusive economic zone of 400,000 km 2 (150,000 sq mi). [33] Lakshadweep is the northernmost island group of the exposed undersea mountain range, the Chagos-Lakshadweep Ridge. [35]
Kiltan is one of the populated islands of Lakshadweep. It is located 51 km to the northeast of Amini Island and 32 km to the southeast of Chetlat Island, between 11° 28′ and 11° 30′ N latitude and 72° 59′ and 73° 01′ E longitude, and has an area of 2.20 km 2.
Elikalpeni Bank is the easternmost geographic feature of the Lakshadweep Archipelago, although other little researched banks with depths of as little as 18.3 m lie about 32 km east of Elikalpeni. [4] It has a lagoon area of 95.91 km 2 (37.03 sq mi).
Chetlat is one of the populated islands of Lakshadweep. It is located 37 km to the northwest of Kiltan Island. The reef and lagoon are located to the west of the island and the total dry land area is 1.174 km 2 (0.453 sq mi). [5] There is a small scale yearly growing sand spit on the northern point of the island.
The land of these islands 0.055 square kilometres (0.021 square miles) belong to two different families of Kalpeni: [10] Koomel is a small islet off the west tip of Kalpeni. it has an area of 0.2 hectares (0.49 acres), and located at 10°04′23″N 73°38′06″E / 10.073°N 73.635°E / 10.073; 73
The main Bitra Island 0.177 km 2 (0.068 sq mi) is located at the northern end of the Bitrā Par coral reef The small south cay 0.009 km 2 (0.0035 sq mi)is located on the southern part of the coral reef 11°31′26″N 72°10′34″E / 11.524°N 72.176°E / 11.524; 72
This is a list of countries by number of islands, with figures given for the numbers of islands within their territories. In some cases, this figure is approximate and may vary slightly between sources depending on which islands are counted. The criteria for inclusion appear to differ considerably between the countries so they are not necessarily directly comparable. Different languages use ...
It is the second largest feature of Lakshadweep, after Bassas de Pedro, with a lagoon area of 388.53 km 2 (150.01 sq mi). It is also one of the northernmost features, after Cora Divh and Bassas de Pedro. Those coral banks, all submerged, form the north of Lakshadweep. Sesostris Bank is about 22 km in diameter. [4] There are no emergent cays or ...