Nicholson Island is an island of the
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, 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 mari ...
. It belongs to the
South Andaman administrative
district
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, part of the
India
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n
union territory
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of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a ...
.
The island is northeast from
Port Blair
Port Blair (), officially named Sri Vijaya Puram, 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 headqu ...
.
Etymology
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Nicholson is named after
Brigadier general John Nicholson (East India Company officer)
Brigadier General John Nicholson, (11 December 1822 – 23 September 1857) was an Anglo-Irish military officer who rose to prominence during his career in British India. Born in Ireland, Nicholson moved to the Indian subcontinent at a young ag ...
.
Geography
The island belongs to the
Ritchie's Archipelago
Ritchie's Archipelago is a cluster of smaller islands which lie east of Great Andaman, the main island group of the Andaman Islands.
The Islands belong to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andam ...
and is located west of
Peel Island. The waters surrounding Wall Point in the south of the island is a major tourist diving spot.
Administration
Politically, Nicholson Island is part of
Port Blair
Port Blair (), officially named Sri Vijaya Puram, 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 headqu ...
Taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
.
Demographics
The island is uninhabited.
Image gallery
File:Ritchies Archipelago locale.png, Outline map of the Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago, made up of 200 islands, 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 mari ...
, with Ritchie's Archipelago highlighted (in red).
References
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Ritchie's Archipelago
Uninhabited islands of India
Islands of South Andaman district
Islands of the Andaman Sea
Islands of India
Islands of the Bay of Bengal
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