Destination Information

Location & Area :

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LOCATION
Location Bay of Bengal
Longitude 920 to 940 East
Latitude 60 to 140 North
AREA
Total Area 8249
Andaman District 6408
Nicobar District 1841
URBAN AREA 16.64
RURAL AREA 8232.36
DISTANCE BY SEA (IN KMS.)
Between Port Blair & Chennai 1190
Between Port Blair & Calcutta 1255
Between Port Blair & Vishakapatnam 1200
Distance by Air Kms.
Between Calcutta & Port Blair 1303
Between Chennai & Port Blair 1330
ALTITUDE ( HIGHEST POINT )
Andaman Islands (North)
Saddle Peak 732 Meters
Andaman Islands (South)
Mount Harriet 365 Meters
LENGTH AND BREADTH OF ANDAMAN ISLANDS
Total Length 467kms
Maximum Width 52 Kms
Average Width 24kms
Length and Breadth of Nicobar Islands
Total Length 259 Kms
Maxiimum Width 58 Kms
Biggest Island in Andaman Group
Middle Andaman Island 1536 Sq.Km
Biggest Island in Nicobar Group
Great Nicobar Island 1045 Sq.Km.
Smallest Island in Andaman Group
Ross Island 0.8 Sq Km.
Smallest Island in Nicobar Group
Pilomillow Island 1.3 Sq.Km

How to Reach :

By Air

Port Blair (Capital of Andaman & Nicobar Islands) is connected with Chennai, Kolkata & Delhi by air. The following flights are presently operating in these sectors are :

FLIGHTS SECTOR AVAILABILITY
Air India Chennai - Port Blair - Chennai Check Airfares and Availability
Kolkata - Port Blair - Kolkata
Delhi - Port Blair - Delhi
Indigo Chennai - Port Blair- Chennai Check Airfares and Availability
Mumbai - Port Blair - Mumbai
Go Air Chennai - Port Blair- Chennai Check Airfares and Availability
Kolkata - Port Blair - Kolkata
Delhi - Port Blair - Delhi
Mumbai - Port Blair - Mumbai
SpiceJet Kolkata - Port Blair - Kolkata Check Airfares and Availability
Chennai - Port Blair - Chennai
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By SHIP

Port Blair (Capital City of Andaman & Nicobar Islands) is also connected with Chennai, Kolkata and Vishakhapatnam. Regular passenger ship services are available between Port Blair and Chennai/ Kolkata/Vishakhapatnam and back. There are three to four sailings between Port Blair and Chennai/Kolkata, one sailing between Port Blair and Vishakhapatnam in a month. The sailing duration is approx 60 to 72 hours.

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