SSC
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Kavaratti island
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Agatti island
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Pitti island
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Kadmat island
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Detailed explanation-1: -Option A – The Pitti Island is located in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in India. It is also named as Pakshipitti which when separated makes it ‘pakshi’ and ‘pitti’ and pakshi means ‘bird’. It is an uninhabited coral islet which has been declared a Bird Sanctuary under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
Detailed explanation-2: -Located on the Pakshipitti Coral Islet, Pitti Bird Sanctuary lies about 24 km north-west of Kavaratti. With latest tourism development, ferrying to the tiny islet has become quite feasible from Kalpeni and Kavaratti.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pitti is an important nesting place for pelagic birds such as the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa), the greater crested tern (Sterna bergii) and the brown noddy (Anous stolidus).