The topography of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is, geologically, a part of land mass of South-east Asia, including Malaysia, North-east India, Burma, Thailand and Indonesia.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands contains a group of 3000 islands, which includes both islands and islets in the archipelago. Ritchie Archipelago and Labyrinth Islands are the two important islets in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The topography in Andaman and Nicobar Islands comprises of a long range of hills with evergreen forests. The islands holds a series of ridges and mountains, with moderate elevation and slopes: flat lands are sparse in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
A snap-shot at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands topography is as follows:
- Altitude:
- Saddle Peak (Andaman Islands) - 732 meters.
- Mount Thullier (Nicobar Islands) - 642 meters.
- Length and Breadth of the Andaman Islands:
- Length - 467 kilometers.
- Width - 52 kilometers.
- Length and Breath of the Nicobar Islands:
- Length - 259 kilometers.
- Width - 58 kilometers.
- Biggest Island:
- Middle Andaman Islands (Andaman group) - 1536 square kilometers.
- Great Nicobar Islands (Nicobar group) - 1045 square kilometers.
- Smallest Island:
- Ross Island (Andaman) - 0.8 square kilometers.
- Pilomillow Island (Nicobar) - 1.3 square kilometers.
