Nancowry Islands

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The Nancowry Islands are a group of small, sparsely populated islands in the central Nicobar archipelago of India, known for their indigenous communities and remote, tropical setting in the eastern Indian Ocean.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nancowry Island 6
Nancowry Islands canonical 1
Nancowry group of islands 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
island group ⓘ
administrativeDivision Nancowry tehsil ⓘ
Nicobar district ⓘ
affectedByEvent 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
archipelago Nicobar Islands ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
environment tropical ⓘ
ethnicGroup Nicobarese people ⓘ
linked to: Nicobarese
governingAuthority Andaman and Nicobar Administration ⓘ
hasIsland Bompoka Island ⓘ
Chowra Island ⓘ
Kamorta Island ⓘ
Katchal Island ⓘ
Nancowry Island ⓘ
linked to: Nancowry Islands

Teressa Island ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement Kamorta ⓘ
Katchal ⓘ
Nancowry ⓘ
Teressa ⓘ
hasPort Nancowry harbour ⓘ
indigenousLanguage Nancowry language ⓘ
indigenousLanguageFamily Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
linked to: Austroasiatic
knownFor indigenous communities ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
tropical setting ⓘ
locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Nicobar Islands ⓘ
eastern Indian Ocean ⓘ
naturalFeature coral-fringed coasts ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ
naturalHazard cyclones ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ
ocean Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory ⓘ
Nicobar district ⓘ
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
region central Nicobar archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Nicobar Islands
religion Christianity ⓘ
indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
sea Andaman Sea ⓘ
sovereignState Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: India
strategicImportance Indian Ocean maritime region ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean Region
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicobar district → containsIslandGroup → Nancowry Islands ⓘ
Nicobar district → containsIsland → Nancowry Island ⓘ
linked to: Nancowry Islands
Nancowry → spokenIn → Nancowry Island ⓘ
linked to: Nancowry Islands
Nicobar tree shrew → nativeRange → Nancowry Island ⓘ
linked to: Nancowry Islands
Trinket Island → nearestMajorIsland → Nancowry Island ⓘ
linked to: Nancowry Islands
Nancowry Islands → hasIsland → Nancowry Island ⓘ
linked to: Nancowry Islands
Nancowry language → spokenIn → Nancowry Island ⓘ
linked to: Nancowry Islands
Nancowry language → isSpokenOn → Nancowry group of islands ⓘ
linked to: Nancowry Islands