Indian Islands

• Total 247 islands in India → 204 islands in Bay of Bengal and 43 in the Arabian Sea
• Few coral islands in the Gulf of Mannar also
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bengal consist of hard volcanic rocks
• The middle Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the largest islands of India
• Lakshadweep islands in the Arabian Sea are formed by corals
• The southern – most point of India is in Nicobar Island, known as Indira Point
• Formerly Indira point was called Pigmalion Point, it is submerged now, after 2004 Tsunami

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Lakshadweep Islands

• Volcanic islands representing submarine volcanism
• Represent the surfaces of submerged folds viz. extension of Himalaya, precisely Arakan yoma fold mountains of Myanmar
• Formed of Granite rocks & have high hills &l peaks for ex. Saddle peak
• Equatorial climate with tropical rain-forests
• a union of coral islands, entirely different from A & N islands
• comprises of large number of dead corals, fringing, barrier and atoll coral reefs
• Have calcium rich soils filled with organic limestone
• Have scattered vegetation of palm species