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Bitra Island
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Bitra, also known as Bitrā Par, is a coral atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in India. It is west of the city of Kochi.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Bitra
- Islands.map
- India3
- Islands.map_caption
- Location of Bitra in Lakshadweep
- Islands.location
- Arabian Sea
- Islands.island_type
- coral atoll
- Islands.archipelago
- Lakshadweep
- Islands.waterbody
- Indian Ocean
- Islands.total_islands
- 2
- Islands.area_km2
- 0.187
- Islands.elevation_m
- 2
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Territory
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Union territory of 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
- Aminidivi
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_3
- Tehsils of India
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_3
- Aminidivi
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Bitra, also known as Bitrā Par, is a coral atoll belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in India. It is west of the city of Kochi.
==History== Prior to the 20th century, islanders from Kiltan and Chetlat visited the island to collect the eggs of pelagic birds breeding there. Until 1945, when a woman from Chetlat made this island her home, there were no attempts to settle this island permanently. There is a small shrine dedicated to an old Arab saint by the name of Malik Mulla who was buried on the island. The shrine has become a pilgrimage site.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bitra Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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