Narcondam Island

India / Andaman and Nicobar Islands / Port Blair /
 island, volcano, endangered species habitat, wildlife sanctuary
Narcondam is an extremely remote, tiny island in the Andaman and Nicobar Island group, and is home to about 300 Narcondam hornbills, a species that is found nowhere else in the world. It is a notified Wildlife Sanctuary. The island is uninhabited but for a small police outpost.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcondam_Hornbill

Country: India
Subregion Name: Andaman Islands
Volcano Number: 0600-001
Volcano Type: Stratovolcano
Volcano Status: Holocene
Last Known Eruption: Unknown
Summit Elevation: 710 m 2,329 feet
Latitude: 13.43°N 13°26'0"N
Longitude: 94.28°E 94°17'0"E

Narcondum volcano, an island possession of India in the Andaman Sea, is part of a volcanic arc that continues northward from Sumatra to Burma (Myanmar). The small 3 x 4 km wide conical island, located about 130 km east of North Andaman Island, rises to 710 m, but its base lies an additional 1000 m beneath the sea. The island is densely vegetated, bounded by cliffs on the southern side, and capped by three peaks. No evidence of historical volcanism is present, although the summit region is less densely vegetated. Volcanism at the andesitic volcano is considered to have continued into the Holocene (Krishnan, 1957). The island's name means "pit of hell," although the name could have been mistakenly transferred from the historically active Barren Island volcano, 140 km to the SSW.

www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0600-001
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcondam_Island
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Coordinates:   13°26'50"N   94°15'49"E

Comments

  • This place where endangered Narcondam Hornbill found. this is endemic to this area. By Raghuvirsinh D Jadeja Range Forest Officer.
  • There is good information about this bird species at http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=970&m=0
  • The mountain is 710 metres high
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