World » Asia » India » Port Blair
NORTH ANDMAN
North Andaman Island is the northernmost island of Great Andaman of the Andaman Islands, with an area of 2,781 km². The main town on the island is Diglipur. Known for its marine life, the island's main industries are rice and orange-growing. The island is home to the highest point in the archipelago, Saddle Peak at 738 metres.
North Andaman experiences fairly frequent large earthquakes and suffered inundation from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake tsunami.
There is a direct sailing for Diglipur which is the head quarters of the North Andaman. From port Blair it is 100 Navtical miles and some times the boats also touch
Mayabunder enroute to Dilipur . it has fine climate and vegetables are grown in abundence . The land is very pertile and the Gap is very good . it can be called the
Gap is very good. it can be called the granary of Andanmans . The saddle peak at a height of 762 Meters, dominates the area. From the PWD inspection Bungalow
which is situated at the higher elevation one gets a beautiful birds eye view of the entire wide valley which closely resembles that of Kasmir. Kalpong river flows just
and during rain and high flood the whole area comes under a sheet of water.
Share this with Friends
