These are a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal, and are part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India.
There are 576 islands in the group, 26 of which are inhabited. The nearest point of the mainland, and 547 km from the northern extremity of Sumatra. The length of the island chain is 352 km and its greatest width is 51 km. The total land area of the Andamans is 6408 square kilometre|km².
Andamans is the only place in India with an active volcano. Plans are afoot to make volcano tourism popular.
