Sound Island
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Sound 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.[6] The island lies 144 km (89 mi) north from Port Blair.
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Geography | |
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Location | Bay of Bengal |
Coordinates | 12.95°N 92.97°E / 12.95; 92.97 |
Archipelago | Andaman Islands |
Adjacent to | Indian Ocean |
Area | 12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi)[1] |
Length | 6.7 km (4.16 mi) |
Width | 4.0 km (2.49 mi) |
Coastline | 37.3 km (23.18 mi) |
Highest elevation | 147 m (482 ft)[2] |
Administration | |
District | North and Middle Andaman |
Island group | Andaman Islands |
Island sub-group | Stewart Sound Group |
Taluk | Diglipur Taluk |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 (2016) |
Ethnic groups | Hindu, Andamanese |
Additional information | |
Time zone | |
PIN | 744202[3] |
Telephone code | 031927 [4] |
ISO code | IN-AN-00[5] |
Official website | www |
Literacy | 84.4% |
Avg. summer temperature | 30.2 °C (86.4 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 23.0 °C (73.4 °F) |
Sex ratio | 1.2♂/♀ |
Census Code | 35.639.0004 |
Official Languages | Hindi, English |
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