SSC
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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78 sq km
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67 sq km
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32 sq km
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45 sq km
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Detailed explanation-1: -India’s smallest Union Territory Lakshadweep is an archipelago consisting of 36 islands with an area of 32 sq km. It is a uni-district Union Territory and is comprised of 12 atolls, three reefs, five submerged banks and ten inhabited islands.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Lakshadweep islands lie to the Southwest of the Indian mainland, in the Arabian Sea. The total length of India’s coastline along with Andaman and Nicobar, and Lakshadweep islands is 7516.6 km.
Detailed explanation-3: -These islands had been formed by the accumulation of coral on the volcanic tops of the Indian Ocean ridge that sank below the surface around millions of years ago presumably because of a rise in sea levels. Thus, Lakshadweep Islands are known as the product of Reef formation.