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The Indira Point lighthouse was commissioned into service on 30 April 1972. [8] [9]Located 500 kilometres north of the epicenter of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the southernmost tip subsided 4.25 metres (13.9 ft) after the earthquake, and many of the inhabitants went missing in the tsunami that followed. [10]
Aftershocks rocked the area, [5] and one-fifth of the population of the Nicobar Islands was reported dead, injured or missing. [6] Chowra Island lost two-thirds of its population of 1,500. Entire islands were submerged, and Trinket Island was divided in two. [7] Communications were cut to the Nancowry group of islands, some of which were ...
Mount Thullier, which is part of this range, has the highest elevation of any point in the Nicobars, at 642 m above sea level. [6] Indira Point (6°45’10″N and 93°49’36″E) is the southernmost point of the Great Nicobar Island and India itself. Indira Point subsided 4.25 m in the 26 December 2004 tsunami and the lighthouse there was ...
The worst affected Nicobar islands were Katchal and Indira Point; the latter subsided 4.25 metres (13.9 feet) and was partially submerged in the ocean. The lighthouse at Indira Point was damaged but has been repaired since then. The territory lost a large amount of area which is now submerged.
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Nicobar_Islands says that Indira point was southern most point of india only till 2004 tsunami. i am not reverting the edit now, but waiting for further response.nids 20:41, 29 December 2006 (UTC) The article on Indira Point has more information. It states that it was submerged but expected to reappear.