Colebrooke Island (original) (raw)

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Island of the Andaman Islands

Colebrooke Island

Colebrooke Island is located in Andaman and Nicobar IslandsColebrooke IslandColebrooke IslandLocation of Colebrooke Island
Geography
Location Bay of Bengal
Coordinates 12°14′N 92°54′E / 12.24°N 92.90°E / 12.24; 92.90
Archipelago Andaman Islands
Adjacent to Indian Ocean
Area 10.45 km2 (4.03 sq mi)[1]
Length 3.2 km (1.99 mi)
Width 4.3 km (2.67 mi)
Coastline 23.5 km (14.6 mi)
Highest elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Administration
India
District North and Middle Andaman
Island group Andaman Islands
Island sub-group East Baratang Group
Taluk Rangat Taluk
Demographics
Population 0 (2016)
Additional information
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 744203[2]
Telephone code 031927 [3]
ISO code IN-AN-00[4]
Official website www.and.nic.in
Literacy 84.4%
Avg. summer temperature 30.2 °C (86.4 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 23.0 °C (73.4 °F)
Sex ratio 1.2/
Census Code 35.639.0004
Official Languages Hindi, English

Colebrooke Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[5] The island lies 63 km (39 mi) north from Port Blair. It is named after Robert Hyde Colebrooke who surveyed the region along with Archibald Blair.

The island belongs to the East Baratang Group and lies east of Baratang.[6]

Politically, Colebrooke Island, along neighboring East Baratang Group, is part of Rangat Taluk.[7]

  1. ^ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ^ "A&N Islands - Pincodes". 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2016.{{[cite web](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fweb "Template:Cite web")}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "STD Codes of Andaman and Nicobar". allcodesindia.in. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  4. ^ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
  5. ^ "Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  6. ^ "map". Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  7. ^ "DEMOGRAPHIC – A&N ISLANDS" (PDF). andssw1.and.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2016.