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The Nicobar Islands are an archipelagic island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean and one of the most isolated in the world. They are located in Southeast Asia, 150 km north of Aceh on Sumatra, and separated from Thailand to the east by the Andaman Sea. Located 1,300 km southeast of the Indian subcontinent, across the Bay of Bengal, they form part of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. UNESCO has declared the islands as one of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.〔(), The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), added the following new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/multimedia/photos/mab-2013/india/.〕 ==Geography and population== The Nicobar Islands cover a land area of 1,840 km2 and had a population of 36,842 at the 2011 Census. They comprise three distinct groups: Northern Group: * Car Nicobar (126,9 km², 17,800 inhabitants) * Battimaly (2,01 km², uninhabited) Central Group: * Chowra, Chaura or Sanenyo (8,2 km²) * Teressa or Luroo (101,4 km²) * Bompuka or Poahat (13,3 km²) * Katchal (174,4 km²) * Camorta (188,2 km²) * Nancowry or Nancowrie (66,9 km²) * Trinket (until 2004 86,3 km², surface greatly reduced after the Tsunami) * Laouk or "Isle of Man" (0,01 km²) (uninhabited) * Tillangchong (16,84 km²) (uninhabited) Southern Group (Sambelong): * Great Nicobar (1045,1 km², largest island of the Nicobars; 9,440 inhabitants in 2001) * Little Nicobar (159,1 km²; 430 inhabitants) * Kondul (4,6 km²; 150 inhabitants in 2001, evacuated in 2004) * Pulo Milo or Pillomilo (Milo Island; 1,3 km²; 150 inhabitants) * Meroe (0,52), Trak (0,26), Treis (0,26), Menchal (1,30), Kabra (0,52), Pigeon and Megapod (0,2) (all uninhabited) Indira Point (6°45’10″N and 93°49’36″E) is the southernmost point of the Great Nicobar Island and India itself, about 150 km north of Sumatra, Indonesia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicobar Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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