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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''East Sister Island''' or '''''Takoa-te''''' is a small uninhabited island in the [[Andaman Islands|Andaman Archipelago]], at the northern side of the [[Duncan Passage]],<ref name="pi1916">US Hydrographic Office (1916) [https://archive.org/stream/baybengalpilotb00offigoog#page/n303/mode/2up Bay of bengal Pilot], page 288. H.O. pub. 160, Government Printing Office.</ref> about 6 [[kilometre|km]] southeast of [[Passage Island (Andaman)|Passage Island]] and 18 km north of [[North Brother Island, India|North Brother]].<br />
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The island is roughly rectangular, around 750 m long in the NE-SW direction and 550 m wide, and is mostly covered by forest; it has a beach on the NW side and a rocky shore on the three other sides. Its highest point is 76 m above sea level.<ref>{{cite enroute|173|2017|288}}</ref><br />
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East Sister and the smaller [[West Sister Island (Andaman)|West Sister]], located about 250 [[metre|m]] to the southwest, comprise the group called [[The Sisters (Andaman)|The Sisters]]. It belongs to the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands Territory]] of [[India]].<br />
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