Hutbay is the capital of
Little Andaman
Little Andaman Island (Onge: ''Gaubolambe'') is the fourth largest of the Andaman Islands of India with an area of 707 km2, lying at the southern end of the archipelago. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the I ...
in India. There are a number of government offices in the city, such as the Tehsildar office, Zila Parishad. The island's bus-stand is housed here.
It is within the
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 ...
. It contains the second largest palm plantation (dalda plantation) in Asia and largest in India. It has Asia's second highest lighthouse. It is situated beside the
Ten Degree Channel
The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands from each other in the Bay of Bengal. The two sets of islands together form the Indian Union Territory (UT) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This channel is ...
.
This island is about 120 kilometers from
Port Blair
Port Blair () 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 An ...
by sea. It houses several tourism destinations, including Kala Paththar, Butler Bay Beach and white surf waterfalls.
Cities and towns in South Andaman district
South Andaman district
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