Ross Island (Diglipur)

Ross Island
Geography
Ross Island Location of Ross Island
Location	Bay of Bengal
Coordinates	13°18′00″N 93°04′30″E / 13.30°N 93.075°E / 13.30; 93.075Coordinates: 13°18′00″N 93°04′30″E / 13.30°N 93.075°E / 13.30; 93.075
Archipelago	Andaman Islands
Adjacent bodies of water	Indian Ocean
Total islands	1
Major islands	Ross
Area	0.315 km² (0.122 sq mi)^[1]
Length	0.7 km (0.43 mi)
Width	0.9 km (0.56 mi)
Coastline	2.2 km (1.37 mi)
Highest elevation	82.6 m (271 ft)^[2]
Highest point	Bopung Hill
Administration
India
District	North and Middle Andaman
Island group	Andaman Islands
Island sub-group	Aerial Bay Islands
Taluk	Diglipur Taluk
Demographics
Demonym	Hindi
Population	0 (2011)
Pop. density	0 /km² (0 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Hindu, Andamanese
Additional information
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	744202^[3]
Telephone code	031927 ^[4]
Official website	www.and.nic.in

ISO Code	IN-AN-00^[5]
Literacy	71.8%
Avg. summer temperature	30.2 °C (86.4 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	23.0 °C (73.4 °F)
Sex ratio	1.2♂/♀
unit_pref	Metric
Census Code	35.639.0004
Official Languages	Hindi, English

Ross Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.^[6] the island is lying 184 km (114 mi) north from Port Blair.

Geography

The island is located in Aerial Bay, near Diglipur, and is part of Aerial Bay Islands. The island offers a virgin beach bordered by tropical forest.

Administration

Politically, Ross Island, along neighboring Aerial Bay Islands, is part of Diglipur Taluk.^[7]

Transportation

Ross Island is a 20-minute boat ride from Aerial bay jetty at Durgapur or Kalipur water sports center.^[8]

Tourism

Ross Island is a beautiful spot for incoming tourists. It is an ideal spot for beach tourism, adventure (trekking through tropical forest), research / education (like scuba diving, snorkeling, turtle nesting). The sand bar joining this island with the adjoining Smith Island is an added attraction. ^[9] The lighthouse on the island was commissioned in 1973, on the slopes of Bopung Hill at an altitude of 40 metres (130 feet).^[10]

References

↑ "Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census" (PDF). Government of Andaman.
↑ pro star
↑ "A&N Islands - Pincodes". 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
↑ code
↑ Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code
↑ "Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
↑ Tehsils
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↑ tourism 1
↑ lighthouse

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands travel guide from Wikivoyage

North and Middle Andaman district

Tehsils
and
villages

Diglipur	Aerial Bay Amber Chad Austin II Bandhan Nallaha Bara Dabla Baskata Nallaha Beach Dera Borang Burmachad Coffe Dera Curlew Island (FCPA) Deshbandhugram Diglipur Durgapur East Island (Police post & Light house) Elezabeth Bay Gandhi Nagar Gandhi Nagar (Forest Beat) Ganesh Nagar Ganna Dabla Ganna Level Hara Tikry Haran Nallaha Haridas Kattai Hoari Bay Jagannath Dera Kalighat Kalipur Karen Basti Keralapuram Khudirampur (EFA) Khudirampur Kishori Nagar Krishnapuri Lamiya Bay Lamiya Bay (WLS) Land Fall Island (Police post) Laxmipur (EFA) Laxmipur Madhupur Madhyamgram Milangram Mohanpur Mutha Nallaha Nabagram Narayan Tikri Narcondam Island (Police post) Nischintapur Paranghara Paschimsagar Pathi Level Pilone Nallaha (FDCA) Rabindrapalli Radha Nagar (EFA) Radha Nagar Ramakrishnagram Ramnagar Sagar Dweep Santi Nagar Shibpur Shyam Nagar (EFA) Shyam Nagar Sitanagar (EFA) Sitanagar Smith Smith (Timber Export Depot) Srinagar Stewart Island Subhashgram Swarajgram Tal Bagan Vidyasagarpalli

Mayabunder	Asha Nagar Aves Island Bajato (EFA & 40 acre plot) Bamboo Nallaha Basantipur Birsa Nagar Buddha Nallaha Chainpur (EFA) Chainpur Chappa Nali Chuglum Gum Danpur Devpur Dukennagar Ganesh Nagar I & II Govindpur Hanspuri (including JPP Camps) Harinagar Interview Island (WLS) Jaipur Kamalapur Kanchi Nallaha & Bamboo Nallaha Karanch Khari Karmatang Karmatang IX Karmatang X incl.Bihari Plot Khukari Tabla Lataw Lauki Nallaha Lucknow Luis-in-Let-Bay (JPPC) Mayabunder Pahalgaon Paiket Bay Paresh Nagar Pather Tikry Pinakinagar Pokadera Profullya Nagar Pudumadurai Rampur Santipur Shippi Tikry Sundari Khari Swadesh Nagar Tugapur Webi

Rangat	Abaygarh Adojig (including EFA) Amkunj Bakultala Bamboo Tikry (JPPC) Bangaon Bejoygarh Between Chotaligbang and Foul Bay (JA) Bharatpur Bolcha Boroinyol II (FC) Charlungta (FC) Charlungta II (FC) Chotaligbang (JA) Cutbert Bay Desharatpur Dhani Nallaha Dhani Nallaha (JA) Dharmapur Foster Valley Foul Bay (JA) Gol Pahar Janakpur Kadamtala Kalsi Kanchangarh Kaushalyanagar Khatta Khari (EFA) Khatta Khari Lakra Lungta (JA) Lalajig Bay (AC) Laxmanpur Long Island Lorrojig (FC) & Vishnu Nallaha (APWDC) Macarthy Valley Merk Bay (AC) Mithila Nayagarh Nilambur (EFA) Nilambur Nimbutala Padmanabhapuram Panchawati (EFA) Panchawati Papita Dera (FC) Parnasala Pawajig (FC) Porlobjig No. 15 (FC, APWDC & JPPC) Porlobjig No. 3 (JPPC, APWDC & ANIFPDC) Raglachang (Nayadera) (FC) Raglachang Rajatgarh (EFA) Rajatgarh Ramachandra Nagar Rampur Rangat Sabari Sagwan Nallaha (FC) Saktigarh Sanker Nallaha (PWDC) Santanu Shivapuram Shyamkund Sippi Tikry Sitapur South Creek (EFA, FC & APWDC) Strait Island (AS) Sukha Nallaha Sundergarh (including EFA) Thiruvanchikulam Thoraktang (FC) Udhaygarh Urmilapur Uttara Vishnupur Wrafter's Creek (EFA) Wrafter's Creek Yeratiljig Yeratiljig No. 11 (JPPC) Yeratiljig No. 9 (JPPC)

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