The Aerial Bay Islands are a group of islands in Aerial Bay in the
Andaman Islands. This group belongs to the
North and Middle Andaman administrative
district
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, part of the
India
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n
union territory of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India consisting of 572 islands, of which 37 are inhabited, at the junction of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The territory is about north of Aceh in Indonesia and separated f ...
.
Smith Island is the largest and only inhabited one.
Geography
Other major islands are Chatham island, Ross Island, Ox Island.
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Administration
The Aerial Bay Islands, is part of Diglipur
Diglipur (sometimes spelled Diglipore) is the largest town of North Andaman Island, in the Andaman Archipelago, India. It is located on the southern side of Aerial Bay, at above sea level, north of Port Blair. It is crossed by the Kalpong Riv ...
Taluk
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.
Demographics
There are 3 villages on Smith island, with a population of 600.
References
Archipelagoes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
North and Middle Andaman district
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