Nicobar Islands

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The Nicobar Islands are a remote archipelago in the eastern Indian Ocean, part of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory, known for their indigenous communities, tropical forests, and ecological sensitivity.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Nicobar Islands canonical 64
Nicobar archipelago 7
Central Nicobar Islands 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
island group
administeredAs Nicobar district
administeredBy Government of India
affectedBy 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
borderedBy Andaman Sea
capital Car Nicobar
climate tropical
country India
economy areca nut cultivation
coconut cultivation
fishing
subsistence agriculture
ecosystem mangrove forest
tropical rainforest
ethnicGroup Nicobarese
surface form: Nicobarese people

Shompen people
hasAirport Car Nicobar Air Force Base
hasIsland Bompoka
Car Nicobar
Chowra
Great Nicobar Island
surface form: Great Nicobar

Kamorta
Katchal
Little Nicobar
Nancowry
Teressa
Tillangchong
Trinket Island
surface form: Trinket
hasIslandGroup Car Nicobar Island
surface form: Car Nicobar group

Great Nicobar Island
surface form: Great Nicobar group

Nancowry
surface form: Nancowry group
hasProtectedArea Campbell Bay National Park
Galathea National Park
Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve
indigenousPeople Nicobarese
surface form: Nicobarese people

Shompen people
knownFor biodiversity
ecological sensitivity
indigenous communities
largestSettlement Car Nicobar
localLanguage Nicobarese
Tamil
locatedIn Bay of Bengal
surface form: Bay of Bengal region

Indian Ocean
Indian subcontinent maritime zone
Southeast Asia
eastern Indian Ocean
militaryPresence Indian Armed Forces
naturalHazard earthquakes
tsunamis
near Andaman Islands
nearestCountry Indonesia
nearestLargeIsland Sumatra
officialLanguage English
Hindi
partOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
surface form: Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory
protectedStatus restricted area for outsiders
tribal reserve areas
religion Animism
Christianity
Hinduism
separatedFrom Andaman Islands by Ten Degree Channel
Sumatra by Great Channel
sovereignState India
strategicImportance Indian Ocean maritime security
shipping lane proximity
timeZone Indian Standard Time
transport air transport
sea transport
utcOffset +05:30

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Referenced by (76)

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

Nicobar tree shrew endemicTo Nicobar Islands
Trinket Island locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Trinket Island archipelago Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: Nicobar archipelago
Trinket Island belongsToGroup Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: Central Nicobar Islands
Kamorta locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Kamorta locatedInArchipelago Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: Nicobar archipelago
Galathea Bay locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Car Nicobar Island locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Car Nicobar Island archipelago Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: Nicobar archipelago
Ten Degree Channel separates Nicobar Islands
Nancowry Islands locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Nancowry Islands archipelago Nicobar Islands
Nancowry Islands region Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: central Nicobar archipelago
Camorta locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Camorta archipelago Nicobar Islands
Camorta belongsToIslandGroup Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: Central Nicobar Islands
Camorta islandGroup Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: Nicobar archipelago
Oriental region extendsInto Nicobar Islands
Bompoka locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Bompoka archipelago Nicobar Islands
Tillangchong locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Tillangchong partOf Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: Nicobar archipelago
Nancowry language region Nicobar Islands
Teressa language spokenIn Nicobar Islands
Chowra language spokenIn Nicobar Islands