What is Nicobar Islands?
[[File:Nicobar Islands.jpg|thumb|200px|Map of Nicobar Islands]] The '''Nicobar Islands''' are an island chain in the eastern [[Indian Ocean]]. They are part of [[India]]. The Nicobar islands include 22 islands of different sizes. The largest one is [[Great Nicobar]]. The total land area of the chain is 1841&nbsp;km². The highest point on the '''Nicobars''' is [[Mount Thullier]] at 642 m. The population of the islands was 42,026 in 2001, roughly 65% of whom are [[indigenous]] peoples (the [[Nicobarese]] and [[Shompen]] peoples, listed among the [[List of Scheduled Tribes in India|Scheduled Tribes of India]]), and 35% migrants from India and [[Sri Lanka]]. The Nicobars are located southeast of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. They are separated form the subcontinent by the [[Bay of Bengal]] by about 1,300&nbsp;km and are separated from the [[Andaman Islands]] to the north by the 150&nbsp;km wide [[Ten Degree Channel]] and are 189&nbsp;km from the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Sumatra]] to the southeast. The Andaman and Nicobar islands separate the [[Bay of Bengal]] from the [[Andaman Sea]]. Until the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]], [[Indira Point]], south of Great Nicobar, was the southernmost point in India. The islands cluster into three groups. The northern group includes [[Car Nicobar]] (127&nbsp;km²) and uninhabited [[Batti Malv]] (2&nbsp;km²). The central group includes [[Chowra]] (8&nbsp;km²), [[Teressa]] (101&nbsp;km²), [[Poahat]] (13.3&nbsp;km²), [[Katchal]] (174&nbsp;km²), [[Camorta]] (188&nbsp;km²), [[Nancowry]] (67&nbsp;km²), and [[Trinket Island|Trinket]] (86&nbsp;km²); the [[Isle of Man (Nicobar Islands)|Isle of Man]] and [[Tillangchong]] (17&nbsp;km²) are uninhabited. Tillangchong is a wildlife sanctuary. The southern group includes Great Nicobar (1045&nbsp;km²), [[Little Nicobar]] (157&nbsp;km²), [[Kondul]] (4&nbsp;km²) and [[Pulomilo]] (1&nbsp;km²); the islets of Meroe, Trak, Treis, Menchal, Cubra, Pigeon, and Megapod are uninhabited. Megapod is a wildlife sanctuary. Administratively the Islands are