James Island is an island 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 ...

. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The island is north of

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 And ...

Geography

The island belongs to the

Napier Bay Islands Napier Bay Islands is a group of islands of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The islands are north of Port Blair Port Blair ...

and lies north of Shoal Bay.

Administration

Politically, James Island, along neighboring

, are part of

Ferrargunj Ferrargunj is one of five local administrative divisions of the Indian district of Andaman, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The name is after Michael Lloyd Ferrar, a commissioner and butterfly collector. It i ...

Taluk.

References

* Islands of South Andaman district Uninhabited islands of India Islands of India Islands of the Bay of Bengal {{AndamanNicobar-geo-stub