East Baratang Group are an island group of the
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...
, located east of
Baratang Island
Baratang Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The island lies north of Port Blair.
History
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Geography
The major islands in the group are
Long
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* Long, characteristic of something of great duration
* Long, characteristic of something of great length
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Strait
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North Passage,
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Administration
Politically, the East Baratang Island
Baratang Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The island lies north of Port Blair.
History
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s are part of Rangat
Rangat is a town on the Middle Andaman Island, Andaman Archipelago. It is also one of the three counties (''tehsils'') administrative divisions of the North and Middle Andaman district, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory of Indi ...
Taluk
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References
Geological Survey of India
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Archipelagoes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
North and Middle Andaman district
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