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Port Blair (pronunciation ⓘ), officially named as Sri Vijaya Puram, [4] is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India in the Bay of Bengal. It is also the local administrative sub-division ( tehsil ) of the islands, the headquarters for the district of South Andaman , and the territory's only notified town.
North Sentinel lies 36 km (22 mi) west of the village of Wandoor in South Andaman Island, [2] 50 km (25 nmi) west of Port Blair, and 60 km (30 nmi) north of its counterpart South Sentinel Island. It has an area of about 59.67 km 2 (23.04 sq mi) and a roughly square outline.
The capital and largest city is Port Blair (officially Sri Vijaya Puram [41]), located 1,190 km (740 mi) from Chennai and 1,255 km (780 mi) from Kolkata on the Indian mainland. [31] Barren Island, the only active volcano in India, is located in the Andaman Sea. [42] [43] [44] The islands have a 1,962 km (1,219 mi) long coast-line. [45]
Port Blair Islands are a group of islands situated in the sound of the capital Port Blair of the Andaman Islands. They belong to the South Andaman administrative district , part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands .
Port Blair Port is a seaport in South Andaman district of Andaman and Nicobar, India, near the city of Port Blair on the Andaman Sea. [1] It was a former Major Port ...
The settlement is now known as Port Blair (after the Bombay Marine lieutenant Archibald Blair who founded it). After two years, the colony was moved to the northeast part of Great Andaman and was named Port Cornwallis after Admiral William Cornwallis. However, there was much disease and death in the penal colony and the government ceased ...