Indian Islands
- Total 247 islands in India → 204 islands in Bay of Bengal and 43 in the Arabian Sea
- Few coral islands in the Gulf of Mannar also
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bengal consist of hard volcanic rocks
- The middle Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the largest islands of India
- Lakshadweep islands in the Arabian Sea are formed by corals
- The southern – most point of India is in Nicobar Island, known as Indira Point
- Formerly Indira point was called Pigmalion Point, it is submerged now, after 2004 Tsunami
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Lakshadweep Islands
- Volcanic islands representing submarine volcanism
- Represent the surfaces of submerged folds viz. extension of Himalaya, precisely Arakan yoma fold mountains of Myanmar
- Formed of Granite rocks & have high hills &l peaks for ex. Saddle peak
- Equatorial climate with tropical rain-forests
- a union of coral islands, entirely different from A & N islands
- comprises of large number of dead corals, fringing, barrier and atoll coral reefs
- Have calcium rich soils filled with organic limestone
- Have scattered vegetation of palm species