Outline map of the Andaman Islands, with the location of Baratang highlighted (in red).

Baratang (coordinates: 12° N 93° E) is an island in the Andaman Islands, India, with an area of approximately 238 km². It is one of the main islands of the Great Andaman group, a closely-set archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, adjoining the Andaman Sea. Middle Andaman is to its north, and South Andaman to the south. The islands of Ritchie's Archipelago lie some 20 km to the east. Port Blair, the capital of the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located approximately 100 km to the south. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 356 × 600 pixels Full resolution (399 × 672 pixel, file size: 38 KB, MIME type: image/png) Outline map of the Andaman Islands, showing the location of Baratang Island (highlighted in red). ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 356 × 600 pixels Full resolution (399 × 672 pixel, file size: 38 KB, MIME type: image/png) Outline map of the Andaman Islands, showing the location of Baratang Island (highlighted in red). ... This article or section may be confusing for some readers, and should be edited to be clearer or more simplified. ... This article or section may be confusing for some readers, and should be edited to be clearer or more simplified. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Great Andaman is the main archipelago of the Andaman Islands of India. ... The Mergui Archipelago An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ... Look up Bay of Bengal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Andaman Sea (Burmese: ; IPA: ) is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar, west of Thailand and east of the Andaman Islands; it is part of the Indian Ocean. ... Middle Andaman Island is the central island of the Great Andaman archipelago, with a total area of 1,536 km². The island is home to many of the Jarawa people and was inundated by the tsunami resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. ... South Andaman Island is the southernmost island of Great Andaman and is home to the majority of the Andaman Islands population. ... Ritchie’s Archipelago is an undisputed eco-tourism hub in Andaman District. ... km redirects here. ... Map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands with an extra detailed area around Port Blair Port Blair   (Hindi: पोर्ट ब्लेयर) (coordinates: ) is the largest town and a municipal council in Andamans district in the Andaman Islands and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory of India. ... A Union Territory is an administrative division of India. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Andaman Islands. ...

Also known as Baratang Island, but it is more commonly referred to as simply "Baratang".

Baratang contains the only known examples of mud volcanoes in India. These mud volcanoes have erupted sporadically, with recent eruptions in 2005 believed to have been associated with the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The previous major eruption recorded was on 18th February 2003. A gaseous mud volcano The term mud volcano or mud dome is used to refer to formations created by geologically excreted liquids and gases, although there are several different processes which may cause such activity. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake,[1] was a great undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004 with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ... (Redirected from 18th February) February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

There are other volcanoes in the area, the Barren Island volcano which is the only active volcano in South Asia and the Narcondum volcano which is considered to be a dormant volcano. For other areas bearing the same name, see Barren Island (disambiguation) An eruption column rises over Barren Island in 1991. ... Active volcanoes are volcanoes constantly erupting, including Pompeii and Krakatoa. ... Map of South Asia (see note on Kashmir). ... Narcondum is a volcano in the Andaman Islands. ... Towering over the city of Naples, Vesuvius is dormant but certainly not extinct A dormant volcano is a volcano which is not currently erupting, but is believed to still be capable of erupting in the future. ...

External links

• Geological Survey of India