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.
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Geography | |
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Location | Bay of Bengal |
Coordinates | 12.24°N 92.90°E / 12.24; 92.90 |
Archipelago | Andaman Islands |
Adjacent bodies of water | 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 | |
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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 |
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PIN | 744203[2] |
Telephone code | 031927 [3] |
ISO code | IN-AN-00[4] |
Official website | www |
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 |
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]
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