South Andaman Island is the southernmost island of the Great Andaman and is home to the majority of the population of the Andaman Islands.It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is the location of Sri Vijaya Puram, capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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South Andaman in the context of Port Blair
Port Blair (), officially named Srivijayapuram, is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India in the Bay of Bengal. It is also the local administrative sub-division (tehsil) of the islands, the headquarters for the district of South Andaman, and the territory's only notified town.
Port Blair is the entry point for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is connected with mainland India by both air and sea. It is a two to three-hour flight from mainland India to Port Blair's Veer Savarkar International Airport and three to four days by sea to reach Kolkata, Chennai, or Visakhapatnam from Haddo Wharf in the city. It is home to several museums and the major naval base INS Jarawa of the Indian Navy, along with sea and air bases of the Indian Coast Guard and Andaman and Nicobar Police, as well as the Andaman and Nicobar Command, the first integrated tri-command of the Indian Armed Forces.
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Port Blair (), officially named Srivijayapuram, is the capital city of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is located on the South Andaman island situated between the Bay of Bengal to the west and the Andaman Sea to the east. It is located approximately 1,190 km (740 mi) from Chennai and 1,255 km (780 mi) from Kolkata in mainland India. It is the headquarters of the South Andaman district, and the union territory's only notified town.
The town is home to the Veer Savarkar International Airport, the only major airport in the islands, and Port Blair Port, and serves as the major gateway for the islands. It is connected with mainland India by both air and sea, with a two to three-hour flight from mainland India and a three to four days voyage by sea from Chennai, Kolkata, or Visakhapatnam. It is home to the air base INS Utkrosh and the naval base INS Jarawa of the Indian Navy, and the Andaman and Nicobar Command, the only integrated tri-command of the Indian Armed Forces. It also hosts various sea and air bases of the Indian Coast Guard and the Andaman and Nicobar Police.
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