Paget Island (Andaman Islands)
Appearance
Geography | |
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Location | Bay of Bengal |
Coordinates | 13°26′N 92°50′E / 13.43°N 92.83°E |
Archipelago | Andaman Islands |
Adjacent to | Indian Ocean |
Total islands | 1 |
Major islands |
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Area | 4.80 km2 (1.85 sq mi)[1] |
Length | 2.23 km (1.386 mi) |
Width | 2.72 km (1.69 mi) |
Coastline | 9.84 km (6.114 mi) |
Administration | |
District | North and Middle Andaman |
Island group | Andaman Islands |
Island sub-group | Temple Sound Group |
Taluk | Diglipur Taluk |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 (2016) |
Pop. density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
Ethnic groups | Hindu, Andamanese |
Additional information | |
Time zone | |
PIN | 744202[2] |
Telephone code | 031927 [3] |
ISO code | IN-AN-00[4] |
Official website | www |
Avg. summer temperature | 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 23.0 °C (73.4 °F) |
Sex ratio | 15.0♂/♀ |
Census Code | 35.639.0004 |
Paget 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 is lying 195 km (121 mi) north from Port Blair.
Geography
[edit]The island is in the Temple Sound area of North Andaman shores. It is 76 m high to the tops of the trees. Point Island lies 0.5 nmi (0.93 km) to its southwest.[6]
Administration
[edit]Politically, Paget Island, along neighboring Temple Sound Islands, is part of Diglipur Tehsil.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "A&N Islands - Pincodes". 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "STD Codes of Andaman and Nicobar". allcodesindia.in. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
- ^ "Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 173: India and the Bay of Bengal (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 275.
- ^ "Tehsils" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- Geological Survey of India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands travel guide from Wikivoyage