Andamanese Maps

by George Weber

Table of Contents    1. Geography 2. Ecology 3. Tribal History

1. Geography

Location of the Andaman islands

The entire Andaman and Nicobar islands archipelago in an overview.

 

The detailed view of Andaman islands.

  

Contour map of the sea floor around the Andaman and Nicobar islands (click here or into small map above to get larger image) (from "World Atlas of the Oceans" by Dr. M. Leier, Firefly Books, 2001, Copyright RM Buch und Medienvertrieb, Hamburg, Germany; ISBN 1-55209-585-1)

Relief map of the sea floor around the Andaman and Nicobar islands (click here or into small map left to get larger image) (from "World Atlas of the Oceans" by Dr. M. Leier, Firefly Books, 2001, Copyright RM Buch und Medienvertrieb, Hamburg, Germany; ISBN 1-55209-585-1)

2. Ecology 

VEGETATION COVER 2002 of the Andaman islands (click on small map to open full-scale map)

North Andaman (incl. Narcondam island)		Mid Andaman		Baratang island and Ritchie's archipelago (incl. Barren island)		South Andaman and North Sentinel island		Little Andaman

Other ecological maps (Biological richness and Distrubance status) can be viewed in Chapter 2 ("They call it home") 

Above ecological maps courtesy Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IRRS)
Government of India
Dehradun 248001
Uttaranchal
India
Tel. 0135-2744583
Fax 0135-2741987

A CD with many more maps on the ecology and other aspects of the Andaman & Nicobar islands can be purchsed from IRRS.

3. Tribal history

Distribution of the Andamanese tribes in the years 1800 and 2000. For more detailed tribal maps see Chapter 8.

 

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