Sentinel island

 North Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman Islands, an Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal which also includes South Sentinel Island.[8] It is home to the Sentinelese, an indigenous people in voluntary isolation who have defended, often by force, their protected isolation from the outside world.

North Sentinel Island

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North Sentinel Island in 2009

North Sentinel Island is located in Andaman and Nicobar IslandsNorth Sentinel IslandNorth Sentinel Island

Geography

Location

Bay of Bengal

Coordinates

11.557°N 92.241°E [1]

Archipelago

Andaman Islands[2]

Adjacent bodies of water

Bay of Bengal

Area

59.67 km2 (23.04 sq mi)[3]

Length

7.8 km (4.85 mi)

Width

7.0 km (4.35 mi)

Coastline

31.6 km (19.64 mi)

Highest elevation

122 m (400 ft)[1]

Administration

 India

Union territory

Andaman and Nicobar

District

South Andaman

Tehsil

Port Blair Tehsil[4]

Demographics

Demonym

North Sentinelese

Population

39[5] (2018 estimate)

actual population highly uncertain – may be as high as 400

Ethnic groups

Sentinelese[2]

Additional information

Time zone

IST (UTC+5:30)

PIN

744202[6]

ISO code

IN-AN-00[7]

Official website

andaman.nic.in

Avg. summer temperature

30.2 °C (86.4 °F)

Avg. winter temperature

23.0 °C (73.4 °F)

Census Code

35.639.0004

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Protection of Aboriginal Tribes Act of 1956[9] prohibits travel to the island and any approach closer than five nautical miles (9.26 km) in order to prevent the tribal community from getting foreign diseases to which they have no acquired immunity. The area is patrolled by the Indian Navy.[10]