Laccadive Islands
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The Laccadive
Formerly the Union Territory of Lakshadweep was known as Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands,[2] a name that was changed to Lakshadweep by an act of Parliament in 1973.[3]
The Laccadive subgroup had been known earlier as the "Cannanore Islands"
Geography
The Laccadive subgroup includes the island of
The Laccadive group forms two
The Laccadive Islands subgroup consists mostly of
Bank (alternate name) |
type | Land Area (km2) |
Lagoon Area (km2) |
No. of islets |
Pop. Census 2001 |
Location | ||
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Laccadive Islands | ||||||||
Agatti Island (Agatti) |
atoll | 2.70 | 4.84 | 1 | 8,000 | 10°50′N 73°41′E / 10.833°N 73.683°E | ||
Bangaram Island (Bangaram) |
atoll | 2.30 | 4.84 | 1 | 61 | 10°50′N 73°41′E / 10.833°N 73.683°E | ||
Pitti Island 1) | islet 1) | 0.01 | 155.09 1) | 1 | – | 10°50′N 72°38′E / 10.833°N 72.633°E | ||
Androth Island (Andrott) | atoll | 4.90 | 4.84 | 1 | 10,720 | 10°50′N 73°41′E / 10.833°N 73.683°E | ||
Kavaratti Island | atoll | 4.22 | 4.96 | 1 | 10,113 | 10°33′N 72°38′E / 10.550°N 72.633°E | ||
Kalpeni Island | atoll | 2.79 | 25.60 | 7 | 4,319 | 10°05′N 73°38′E / 10.083°N 73.633°E | ||
Suheli Par | atoll | 0.57 | 78.76 | 2 | – | 10°05′N 72°17′E / 10.083°N 72.283°E | ||
1) Pitti Bank , a largely sunken atoll with a lagoon area of 155.09 km2
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History
In the same manner as the Amindivi Islands further north, the islands of the Laccadive subgroup were settled from ancient times by people of nearby
In 1697, the notorious pirate
Almost 100 years later—in 1784—the Amindivi group of islands rejected the protection of Cannanore and became a vassal state of the
Following the defeat of
Bibliography
- R. H. Ellis, A Short Account of the Laccadive Islands and Minicoy. Government Press, Madras. 1924
References
- ^ GEBCO Gazetteer of undersea feature names
- ^ Lakshadweep | union territory, India | Britannica
- ^ "The name of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi islands". Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 85.
- ^ Lakshadweep Tehsil Map - Maps of India
- ^ Web123India
- ^ Prakash Chauhan & Shailesh Nayak, Detection of submerged reef banks in the Lakshadweep Sea using IRS-P4 OCM satellite data
- ISBN 81-206-0446-6.
- ^ 1902 Encyclopedia - Laccadives (also known as: Laccadive Islands; Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands; Lakshadweep)
- ^ William Logan, Malabar Manual, p. CCLXXIX
- ^ Allan Octavian Hume, Stray Feathers, vol. iv., 1876, Calcutta.
- ^ William Logan, Malabar Manual, p. CCLXXVI