Wilson 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 South Andaman Island is the southernmost island of the Great Andaman and is home to the majority of the population of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman an ...

administrative

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, part of the Indian

union territory Among the states and union territories of India, a Union Territory (UT) is a region that is directly governed by the Government of India, central government of India, as opposed to the states, which have their own State governments of India, s ...

of the

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 lies northeast 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 ...

Etymology

Wilson Island is named after Brigadier Commander Sir Archdale Wilson.

History

There is a lighthouse on the island. It was commissioned on 23 March 1994.

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 between north of

Sir William Peel Island Peel Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The island lies to the North-East of Port Blair. Etymology The is ...

and Nicholson Island and west of John Lawrence Island. A narrow channel () separates Wilson Island from Sir William Peel Island to the south.

Administration

Politically, Wilson Island is part of

taluk.

Demographics

The island is uninhabited.

Image gallery

File:Ritchies Archipelago locale.png, Outline map of the

, with Ritchie's Archipelago highlighted (in red).

References

* Ritchie's Archipelago Islands of South Andaman district Islands of the Andaman Sea Uninhabited islands of India Islands of India Islands of the Bay of Bengal {{AndamanNicobar-geo-stub