Baratang Island

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Baratang Island is a lesser-known island in India’s Andaman archipelago, noted for its limestone caves, mangrove creeks, and active mud volcanoes.

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Baratang Island canonical 6

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
accessRoute road and ferry from Port Blair ⓘ
administrativeTerritory North and Middle Andaman district ⓘ
bestVisitSeason November to April ⓘ
caveType karst limestone caves ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
conservationConcern protection of Jarawa tribal reserve ⓘ
country India ⓘ
distanceFromPortBlair about 100 km by road and sea ⓘ
environmentalFeature geothermal mud activity at mud volcano ⓘ
governingAuthority Andaman and Nicobar Administration ⓘ
hasAccommodation basic guest houses ⓘ
hasJetty Nilambur Jetty ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature beaches ⓘ
limestone caves ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
mud volcano ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasNearbyTribe Jarawa ⓘ
knownFor limestone caves ⓘ
mangrove creeks ⓘ
mud volcanoes ⓘ
languageSpoken Bengali ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Nicobarese (to a lesser extent) ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
Bay of Bengal ⓘ
mangroveCreekName Parrot Island mangrove creeks (nearby) ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Port Blair ⓘ
partOf Andaman archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Andaman Islands
primaryVegetation evergreen forest ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
rainySeason monsoon months ⓘ
region Middle Andaman ⓘ
safetyNote restricted photography in tribal areas ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
tourismActivity boat tours through mangrove creeks ⓘ
trekking to limestone caves ⓘ
visits to mud volcano site ⓘ
tourismStatus lesser-known compared to Havelock and Neil Islands ⓘ
transportMode government ferry ⓘ
private boats (regulated) ⓘ
UTCOffset +5:30 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Andaman Islands → contains → Baratang Island ⓘ
Jeru → historicalRegion → Baratang Island ⓘ
Andaman Trunk Road → connects → Baratang Island ⓘ
Baratang group of islands → hasMainIsland → Baratang Island ⓘ
Andaman Trunk Road → connects → Baratang Island ⓘ
subject linked to: ATR