Barren Island (Andaman Islands)

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Barren Island (Andaman Islands)

For other areas bearing the same name, see the disambiguation page Barren Island
Barren Island

Barren Island may refer to:Andaman Islands* Barren Island Australia* Barren Island * Cape Barren Island, TasmaniaCanada...

Barren Island (coordinates: ) is located in the Andaman Sea

Andaman Sea

The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar, west of Thailand and east of the Andaman Islands; it is part of the Indian Ocean....
, one of the most easterly of the Andaman Islands

Andaman Islands

The Andaman Islands are a group of archipelago islands in the Bay of Bengal, and are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India....
. It is the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia

South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
. The island, along with the rest of the Andamans, is part of the India

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
n union territory

Union Territory

A Union Territory is a sub-national administrative division of India, in the Federal republic framework of governance. Unlike the States and territories of India, which have their own elected governments, union territories are ruled directly by the federal Government of India; the President of India appoints an Administrator of the Governmen...
of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The Andaman & Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India.Informally, the territory's name is often abbreviated to A & N Islands, or ANI....
, and lies some 135 km northeast of the territory's capital, Port Blair

Port Blair

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Barren Island (coordinates: ) is located in the Andaman Sea

Andaman Sea

Andaman Islands

South Asia

India

Union Territory

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Port Blair

Port Blair is the largest town and a municipal council in Andaman district in the Andaman Islands and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India....
. The first recorded eruptions of the volcano date back to 1787. Since then, the volcano has erupted more than six times, most recently on 2 May, 2006.

After the initial eruption in 1787, further eruptions were recorded in 1789, 1795, 1803–04

1804

Year 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar ....
, and 1852. After nearly two centuries of dormancy, the island had another eruption in 1991 that lasted six months and caused considerable damage. There was another eruption in 1994–95

1995

1995 was a common year starting on Sunday....
and the most recent one started in 2005. The latest eruption is considered to be linked to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

The was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 Coordinated Universal Time on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia....
. After the recent eruptions, the island which still sees the odd tremor

Tremor

Tremor is an unintentional, somewhat rhythmic, muscle movement involving to-and-fro movements of one or more body parts. It is the most common of all involuntary movements and can affect the hands, arms, head, face, vocal cords, trunk, and legs....
is being promoted as a niche tourist destination as the tsunami

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

The was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 Coordinated Universal Time on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia....
-battered territory seeks to bring in more revenue.

Location

The volcanic island stands in the midst of a volcanic belt on the edge of the Indian and Burmese tectonic plates. There are other extinct sea and land volcanos in the zone, and Narcondum, a volcano with reported activity. The peak of the volcano (a stratovolcano

Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, sometimes called a composite volcano, is a tall, Volcanic cone volcano with many layers of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash....
) rises to an altitude of 354 metres (1,161 ft), but most of the volcano is underwater (standing on the seabed

Seabed

The seabed is the bottom of the ocean. At the bottom of the continental slope is the continental rise, which is caused by sediment cascading down the continental slope....
2250 meters below the surface). The island is 3 km long with a total surface area of 10 km²; the caldera

Caldera

A caldera is a cauldron-like volcano feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption such as the one at Yellowstone National Park....
of the volcano is 2 km wide.

True to its name, it is a barren area uninhabited by humans, though with a small population of goat

Goat

The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep: both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae....
s. Also birds, bat

Bat

Bats are mammals in the order Chiroptera. The forelimbs of all bats are developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of sustained flight ....
s like flying foxes

Pteropus

Bats of the genus Pteropus, belonging to the Megabat sub-order, are the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as the Fruit Bats or Flying Foxes among other numerous colloquial names....
and a few rodent

Rodent

Rodentia is an Order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing Incisors#The_Rodent_incisor in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
species such as rat

Rat

Rats are various medium sized, long-tailed rodents of the Family Muroidea. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus....
s are known to survive the harsh conditions.

Barren Island (Andaman Islands)

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