📍 Andaman & Nicobar Islands
🔹It is a union territory of India consisting of 572 islands, of which 38 are inhabited, at the junction of Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.
🔹 It comprises two island groups: Andaman Islands (partly) and the Nicobar Islands, separated by Ten Degree Channel.
🔹 Duncan passage separates Little Andaman from South Andaman.
🔹 Capital is the city of Port Blair.
🔹 The islands host the Andaman and Nicobar Command, the only tri-service geographical command of the Indian Armed Forces.
🔹Grand Channel is between Great Nicobar Islands and Sumatra islands of Indonesia.
🔹Coco Strait is between the North Andaman Islands and the Coco Islands of Myanmar.
🔹 The Barren and Narcondam Islands, north of Port Blair, are volcanic islands
🔹 Highest peak: Saddle peak, North Andaman
🔹 Ritchie’s Archipelago is a cluster of smaller islands which lies east of Great Andaman.