Batti Malv Island (or Kuono), which lies about 17 miles SSE of Car Nicobar, appears wedge-shaped from the offing. It's an uninhabited island that covers an area of 2 square kilometers.
This very small island rises to a densely wooded peak about 73m high. The NW end of the island is low, but rocky cliffs lie on the other sides. Reefs appear to extend 0.5 mile off the NW, SW, and SE sides of the island.
The 40m curve surrounding the island lies up to 5 miles SE and 2.8 miles N of the island.
A light is shown from a metal framework tower, 12m high, on the N side of Batti Malv. Batti Malv Island has been reported to be a good radar target up to 11 miles.
Chowra Island, which lies about 24 miles SSE of Batti Malv Island, is generally low but rises to a 104.5m high rocky pinnacle at its S end. The island looks like a hat from the offing. Sanenya, the principal village, lies on the NE coast. It has area of 8.2 sq km with a population ...
Sawai Bay indents the NW coast, between Keating Point and Hog Point, about 3.5 miles to SW. Foul ground extends 1 mile N from Keating Point and 0.5 mile N from Hog Point. Sawai Village lies 0.5 mile SE of Hog Point. The tidal currents off Sawai Bay set NE on the flood tide.An ...
Nancowry Island lies close S of and overlaps the S end of Camorta Island. Nancowry Harbor, a secure landlocked inlet, lies between them. The E entrance of Nancowry Harbor lies between the SE end of Camorta Island and the NE end of Nancowry Island. The approach to this entrance leads ...
Bompoka island lies about 1,8 NM east from southern end of nearby Teressa Island in the Nicobar group of islands. The hills on the island rise upto 193 m. The island
has dense forest and some portions have grass growth. There is thick
coconut palm growth on shores all round ...