Islands of India –
1. Narcondam
* Located north-east of North Andaman
* Classified as a dormant volcano
2. North Andaman
* Located in northern part of union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
* The entire island is part of Diglipur Taluk
3. Interview Island
* Located west of Austen Strait which separates North Andaman Island and Middle Andaman Island.
* Part of Mayabunder Taluk
4. Middle Andaman
* Located in the central island of the Great Andaman archipelago
* Home to the indigenous Jarawa people
* Rangat, Mayabunder, Bakultala, Nimbutala and Kadamtala are towns in it
5. Barren Island
* Located west of Middle Andaman
* Only confirmed active volcano in South Asia
* Most recent volcano eruption in 2017
* Island is uninhabited
6. Swaraj Dweep
* Located 40 km of north-east of Port Blair
* Earlier called Havelock Island
7. Shaheed Dweep
* Located 36 km of north-east of Port Blair
* Earlier called Neill Island
8. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island
* Located 40 km of north-east of Port Blair
* Earlier called Rose Island
9. South Andaman
* Home to a majority of the population of Andaman Islands
* Capital city Port Blair is located in it
10. North Sentinel Island
* Located west of Port Blair
* Home to the Sentinelese who are indigenous people in voluntary isolation
11. Little Andaman
* Located at the southern end of the archipelago
* Lies between Duncan Passage and Ten Degree Channel
12. Car Nicobar
* Northernmost of the Nicobar Islands, south to the Ten-degree channel
* It is a flat fertile island
13. Little Nicobar
* Located between the Sombrero Channel and St. George’s Channel
14. Great Nicobar
* Southernmost and largest of the Nicobar Islands
* The southernmost point of India- Indira Point lies in it
* INS Baaz is stationed here
15. Sagar Island
* Located in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal
* Also known as Gangasagar is a place of Hindu pilgrimage
* Part of Sunderbans yet Tigers and mangrove forests are absent
16. Sriharikota
* It is a barrier island off the Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh
* ISRO’s satellite launching station- Satish Dhawan Space Centre is located in it
17. Char Chinar
* It is an island in Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
* It is popular for its scenic beauty
18. Raghopur
* It is a river island in Ganga River.
* Located in Vaishali district of Bihar
19. Majuli
* It is a river island between the Brahmaputra and Subansiri Rivers in Assam
* Listed as world’s largest river island in Guinness Book of World Records
* It has an area of 352 km2
* It has shrunk more than half since the early 20th century
* Famous for Assamese neo-Vaishnavite culture and Mask making.
20. Nongkhnum
* It is a river island between the Wah Kynshi and Namiliang Rivers
* Second largest river island
21. Bhutni
* Located in the Malda district of West Bengal
* Surrounded by Ganga and Fulhar Rivers
22. Haliday Island
* Located in Sunderban delta on Malta river
* Haliday Island Wildlife Sanctuary located in it
23. Marichjhanpi
* Located in the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans
* Had Refugee crisis in 1979
24. New Moore
* Located in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta
* Disputed between India and Bangladesh due to ambiguous Radcliffe Award
25. Nayachar
* It is an island in the Hooghly River in Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
* A disputed chemical hub shifted from Nandigram
26. Salsette Island
* It is bounded on the north by Vasai Creek, on the northeast by Ulhas River, on the east by Thane Creek and Bombay Harbour, and on the south and west by the Arabian Sea
* It is most densely populated islands of the world
27. Aminidivi Islands
* It is the northern group of the three Lakshadweep UT island groups
* 11th parallel north separate it from Laccadive Island
28. Laccadive Islands
* It lies in the central part of Lakshadweep UT
* 9 Degree separates it from Minicoy
29. Minicoy Islands
* It is the southmost group of the three Lakshadweep UT island groups
* The group contains Minicoy Island and Viringili Island
30. Abdul Kalam Island
* Also known as Wheeler Island, located off the coast of Odisha
* It has an Integrated Test Range missile testing facility
31. St. Mary’s Islands
* Also known as Coconut Island
* Located off the coast of Malpe in Udupi, Karnataka
* Columnar basaltic lava found in the island called “columnar joints”
32. Willingdon Island
* It is the largest artificial island in India,
* Located on a lake in the city of Kochi, Kerala