Andaman Islands
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File 17-andaman-islands-loc-sid6 Book South India & Kerala 6 Initial Mapping Date Road AndrewS May 2011 Scale All key roads labelled? Hierarchy Date Title Hydro Chapter Andaman Islands Editor Cxns Spot colours removed? Hierarchy Nthpt Masking in Illustrator done? Symbols Author MC Cxns Date Book Inset/enlargement correct? Off map Notes dest'ns Border A1 Key n/a Author Cxns Date Basefile India 11 Final Ed Cxns Date KEY FORMAT SETTINGS New References Number of Rows (Lines) Editor Check Date MC Check Date Column Widths and Margins MC/CC Signoff Date ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Andaman Islands Includes ¨ Why Go? Port Blair ...........412 Long fabled among travellers for its legendary beaches, Wandoor ...........416 world-class diving and far-flung location in the middle of Havelock Island .....417 nowhere, the Andaman Islands are still the ideal place to Neil Island ......... 420 get away from it all. Lovely opaque emerald waters are surrounded by prime- Middle & val jungle and mangrove forest, and snow-white beaches North Andaman .... 422 that melt under flame-and-purple sunsets. The population Little Andaman ..... 425 is a friendly masala of South and Southeast Asian settlers, as well as Negrito ethnic groups whose arrival here still has anthropologists baffled. Adding to the intrigue is its remote location, some 1370km from the mainland, meaning the Best Beaches islands are geographically more Southeast Asia – 150km from Indonesia and 190km from Myanmar. ¨ Radhanagar (p417) While the archipelago comprises some 300 islands, only ¨ Merk Bay (p423) a dozen or so are open to tourists, Havelock by far being the ¨ Ross & Smith most popular for its beaches and diving. The Nicobars are Islands (p425) strictly off limits to tourists, as are the tribal areas. ¨ Butler Bay (p426) ¨ Lalaji Bay (p423) When to Go Port Blair °C/°F Te mp Rainfall inches/mm Best Places to 40/104 32/800 Stay 24/600 ¨ Emerald Gecko (p419) 20/68 ¨ Aashiaanaa Rest 16/400 Home (p414) 0/32 8/200 ¨ Pristine Beach -20/-4 0 Resort (p425) J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨ Blue View (p426) ¨ Blue Planet (p424) Dec–Mar Perfect Oct–Dec & Mar– Feb–Aug Pumping sunny days, mid-May Weather waves on Little optimal diving is a mixed bag, but Andaman for conditions and fewer tourists and experienced turtle nesting. lower costs. surfers. 409 0 20 km White Cliff Island East Island (10km); 0 10 miles Landfall Island (10km) Reef Island Andaman Paget Island Narcondam Islands Shyamnagar Smith Island (90km) Highlights Island 1 Disconnecting Ross Island from the mainland West Diglipur Coral Aerial Bay and easing into the Reef North Kalipur blissfully mellow pace Andaman Saddle Peak (732m) of life on Neil Island North Reef (p420) Island Ramnagar 2 Diving, Stewart Island snorkelling and Bay of Sound socialising on Bengal Interview Island Island Mayabunder Havelock Island (p417) Tugapur 3 Glimpsing Port Anderson Cuthbert Blair’s colonial history Island Bay at Ross Island (p414)AND Middle Coral Reef Middle 4 Experiencing the Andaman A true wilds of NorthernM Rangat Amkunj Andaman in Kalipur A (p424), while island- ISL N hopping to pristine Long Island A Barren beaches and coral Island reefs NDS North (65km) Spike Island Passage 5 Finding Butler Island Outram Bay and paradise A Island N Strait Kadamtala on Little Andaman D South Island Henry AMAN Coral Reef Bharatang Lawrence (p425) Rd Island Island South Peel Island John Lawrence Andaman Trunk IS Port Havelock Island an Meadows lan Defence Island am Ritchie's Havelock Archipelago H DS And Island Checkpoint Madhuban Neil Island Sandy Island I Mt Harriet (365m) G Bamboo Flat Sir Hugh hli Viper Island Rose Island Mahatma Gandhi Ross Island G Marine Port Blair H National Park Sippighat TS Red Skin Wandoor Island Chiriya Tapu Jolly Buoy Island Rutland Island Twins Islands North Sentinel Cinque Island (10km) Island A N D A M A N S E A Bay of The Sisters Bengal The Brothers Little Andaman Butler Bay Netaji Nagar Nicobar Hut Bay Islands (300km); Great Nicobar (550km).