Andrott
Sign in to saveAndrott Island, () also known as Androth, is a small inhabited island in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, a group of 36 coral islands scattered in the Arabian Sea off the western coast of India. It has a distance of west of the city of Kochi.
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- Locality
- Andrott
- Region
- Lakshadweep
- Country
- India
- Population
- 11,191
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Islands.name
- Andrott
- Islands.map
- India3
- Islands.map_caption
- Location of Andrott Island in Lakshadweep
- Islands.location
- Arabian Sea
- Islands.archipelago
- Lakshadweep
- Islands.waterbody
- Indian Ocean
- Islands.total_islands
- 1
- Islands.area_km2
- 4.98
- Islands.length_km
- 1.4
- Islands.width_km
- 4.7
- Islands.coastline_km
- 10
- Islands.elevation_m
- 0
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Territory
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Lakshadweep
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- District
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Lakshadweep
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Island group
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Laccadive Islands
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Andrott Island, () also known as Androth, is a small inhabited island in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, a group of 36 coral islands scattered in the Arabian Sea off the western coast of India. It has a distance of west of the city of Kochi.
==History== Andrott Island had been known as 'Divanduru' in the past, a name that is found in some old French maps. It belongs to the Laccadive Islands subgroup, which had been historically a part of the Arakkal Kingdom. It was the first island to embrace Islam.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andrott” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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