Island group
Great Nicobar
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Overview
Great Nicobar is the largest of the Nicobar Islands. Indira Point, at its southern tip, is India's southernmost point.
The Ten Degree Channel separates the Andamans from the Nicobars. A transshipment port at Galathea Bay on Great Nicobar is part of India's maritime plans.
Geography and key facts
- Largest Nicobar island
- Indira Point: India's southernmost point
- Galathea Bay transshipment port
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked in a 2018 statements question and on Saddle Peak, the highest peak of the islands (1996).
Note for UPSC
The largest Nicobar island; Indira Point is at its southern tip.
Questions cover island groups, channels between them and their geography.
Asked in PYQs
- UPSC Prelims 2018 · Q85Consider the following statements : Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?…
- UPSC Prelims 1996 · Q48'Saddle Peak', the highest peak of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located in…
Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Great Nicobar.
Key facts
- Type
- Island group
- State / UT
- Andaman and Nicobar
- Coordinates
- 7.030°N, 93.800°E
- Asked in Prelims
- 2 questions · 2018, 1996
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
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