->Iridescent 2: Cleanup and typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: northeast-southwest → northeast–southwest, 103-107 → 103–107

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Cleanup and typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: northeast-southwest → northeast–southwest, 103-107 → 103–107

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{{short description|Uninhabited coral islet in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Pitti
| native_name =
| native_name_link = Malayalam
| native_name_lang =
| sobriquet = Pakshipitti
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| map = India
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| coordinates = {{coord|10.775|N|72.535|E|region:IN-LD_type:isle_dim:50000_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
| island_type = [[Islet]]
| etymology =
| location = [[Arabian Sea]]
| archipelago = [[Lakshadweep]]
| waterbody = [[Indian Ocean]]
| total_islands = 1
| area_km2 = 0.036
| area_footnotes = <ref name="cit">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/lakshadweep/data%20sheet.pdf|title=Islandwise Area and Population – 2011 Census|publisher=Government of Lakshadweep}}</ref>
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| coastline_km = 0.7
| elevation_m = 2
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| country = {{flag|India}}
| country_admin_divisions_title = [[States and union territories of India|Territory]]
| country_admin_divisions = [[Union territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[List of districts in India#Lakshadweep (LD)|District]]
| country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Lakshadweep]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = [[Island group]]
| country_admin_divisions_2 = [[Laccadive Islands]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = [[Tehsils of India]]
| country_admin_divisions_3 = [[Kavaratti]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_4 = [[Subdivisions of India]]
| country_admin_divisions_4 = [[Kavaratti]]
| population = 0
| population_as_of = 2014
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| density_km2 = 0
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| ethnic_groups = [[Malayali]], [[Mahl people|Mahls]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| website = {{URL|http://www.lakshadweep.gov.in/}}
| iso_code_type = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|ISO code]]
| iso_code = IN-LD-05<ref>Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code</ref>
| additional_info = {{Infobox|child=yes
| label3 = Avg. summer temperature| data3 ={{convert|32.0|°C|°F}}
| label4 = Avg. winter temperature| data4 ={{convert|28.0|°C|°F}}
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'''Pitti''', also known as '''Pakshipitti''' (''pakshi'' meaning "bird" in [[Malayalam]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]]), is an uninhabited [[coral]] [[islet]] in the [[Union Territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]], [[India]].

==Geography==
It is located at {{coord|10|46|N|72|32|E}} about 24 km to the north of [[Kavaratti]], 37 km to the east of [[Agatti]] and 42.5 km to the south-southwest of [[Amini Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/indian/lakshadweep/pitti.php |title=Lakshadweep – Pitti |publisher=Oceandots |accessdate=17 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223015139/http://www.oceandots.com/indian/lakshadweep/pitti.php |archivedate=23 December 2010 }}</ref> The island is low and arid and, lacking adequate anchorage points, of difficult accessibility. There is another island with the same name in Lakshadweep which is part of the [[Kalpeni]] Atoll.

Pitti Island is 300 × 200 m and devoid of vegetation. There is a dark rock on the eastern side and several stone [[cairn]]s.<ref>{{cite book |title=Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute |author=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |publisher=ProStar Publications |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWv9ZhMhgusC&pg=PA103 |year=2005 |accessdate=17 February 2012|isbn=9781577856627 |author-link=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency }}</ref>

==Ecology==
Pitti is an important nesting place for [[pelagic bird]]s such as the [[sooty tern]] (''Sterna fuliginosa''), the [[greater crested tern]] (''Sterna bergii'') and the [[brown noddy]] (''Anous stolidus''). The birds nest side by side, but not intermixed, on the dry coral rubble. There is a seasonal pattern in the breeding period of the birds. Since it has no protecting reef surrounding it, the islet is periodically rinsed by wave action and there is no accumulation of [[guano]] on it.<ref name=forktail1992>{{cite journal|url=http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/10pdfs/Kurup-Lakshadweep.pdf |last=Zacharias |first=V.J. |last2=Kurup |first2=Deepakumar Narayana |journal=[[Forktail (journal)|Forktail]] |year=1994 |issue=10 |pages=49–64 |title=Birds of Lakshadweep Islands |accessdate=17 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112215302/http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/forktail/10pdfs/Kurup-Lakshadweep.pdf |archivedate=12 January 2012 }}</ref>

==Pitti Bank==
Pitti is located at the southern end of '''Pitti Bank''', a largely submerged atoll, on the same [[bank (topography)|bank]] as [[Amini Island]]. Pitti Bank, also oriented along a northeast–southwest axis, is 49 km long, in the northern part from 2 to 7 km wide and in the southern part up to 18 km wide.<ref name=forktail1992 /> The [[11th parallel north]] passes across the bank. Pitti Bank may be considered a largely submerged and sunken atoll, with an estimated [[lagoon]] area of {{convert|415|km2|abbr=on}}, with just the two islands Amini and Pitti remaining at its opposite ends.{{fact|date=May 2019}}

==Administration==
The island belongs to the [[Subdivisions of India|township]] of [[Kavaratti Island]] of [[Kavaratti]] [[Tehsils of India|tehsil]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lakshadweep.gov.in/Area-Population.PDF |title=Tehsils info |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163348/http://lakshadweep.gov.in/Area-Population.PDF |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
*Mondreti, R., Davidar, P. & Grémillet, D. (2018). [https://www.marineornithology.org/content/get.cgi?rn=1262 "Illegal egg harvesting and population decline in a key pelagic seabird colony of the Eastern Indian Ocean"]. ''[[Marine Ornithology]]''. 46: 103–107.

==External links==
*[http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/pollux/pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/pub173/173sec05.pdf Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)]
*[http://www.india9.com Lagoon sizes]
*[http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/4897/1/00019.pdf List of Atolls]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130617052832/http://www.indianbirds.in/pdfs/An%20ornithological%20expedition.pdf An ornithological expedition to the Lakshadweep archipelago]
*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00856407908722989 Sources towards a history of the Laccadive Islands]

{{Lakshadweep}}

[[Category:Islands of Lakshadweep]]
[[Category:Atolls of India]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of Lakshadweep]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of India]]

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Pitti - Revision history

->Iridescent 2: Cleanup and typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: northeast-southwest → northeast–southwest, 103-107 → 103–107