The Indian territory of India The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is located in the Bay of Bengal and is a strategically important territory of the country in Southeast Asia. The islands are on the border with the Andaman Sea and represent an archipelago consisting of 572 small islands stretching from Myanmar to Indonesia 1,000 km from the mainland for about 800 km. They are divided into the Andaman Islands (in the north) and the Nicobar Islands (in the south). This exotic, covered with tropical forests (92% of the territory) the world has only recently opened to tourists who come here for impressions of the pristine nature. Local waters are one of the richest ecosystems of coral reefs in the world. Emerald forests and mangrove jungles abound in rare species of animals, birds, plants. The azure lagoons and white beaches are almost deserted: only 36 islands are inhabited, the rest of the territory is absolutely unaffected by human activities.