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{{Short description|Island in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Sir Hugh Rose Island
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| sobriquet = Rose Island
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| map = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#India
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| image_map_caption = Location map of Sir Hugh Rose Island
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| location = [[Bay of Bengal]]
| archipelago = [[Andaman Islands]]
| waterbody = [[Indian Ocean]]
| area_km2 = 0.69
| area_footnotes = <ref name="cit">{{cite web|url=http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf|title=Islandwise Area and Population - 2011 Census|publisher=Government of Andaman}}</ref>
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| length_km = 1.2
| width_km = 0.8
| coastline_km = 3.5
| elevation_m = 73
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="nga">{{cite enroute|173|2017|284}}</ref>
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| country = {{flag|India}}
| country_admin_divisions_title = [[List of districts in India#Andaman and Nicobar (AN)|District]]
| country_admin_divisions = [[South Andaman district|South Andaman]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Island group]]
| country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Andaman Islands]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Island sub-group
| country_admin_divisions_2 = [[Ritchie's Archipelago]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsil]]
| country_admin_divisions_3 = [[Port Blair|Port Blair Tehsil]]
| population = 0
| population_as_of = 2011
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 744104<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india-codes.com/pincodes/a-n-islands-pin-code |title=A&N Islands - Pincodes |date=22 September 2016 |accessdate=22 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323224041/http://www.india-codes.com/pincodes/a-n-islands-pin-code |archivedate=23 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 031927 <ref name="allcodesindia">{{cite web|url=http://allcodesindia.in/stdcode/andaman+and+nicobar.php |publisher=allcodesindia.in|title=STD Codes of Andaman and Nicobar|accessdate=2016-09-23}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.and.nic.in/}}
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| iso_code = IN-AN-00<ref>Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code</ref>
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'''Sir Hugh Rose Island''', or '''Rose Island''', sometimes called '''Little Neill Island''', is an uninhabited island of the [[Andaman Islands]]. It belongs to the [[South Andaman district|South Andaman]] administrative [[Districts of India|district]], part of the Indian [[union territory]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].<ref name="census">{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-VillageDirectory/Directory/short_code_rural_35.pdf|title=Village Code Directory: Andaman & Nicobar Islands|publisher=Census of India|accessdate=2011-01-16}}</ref>
The island lies {{convert|40|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Port Blair]].

==[[Etymology]]==
Rose is named after [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field marshal]] [[Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn|Hugh Rose]].

==History==
The [[lighthouse]] is situated on a [[hillock]]. There are 70 [[masonry]] steps to reach the tower. The Lighthouse is an unattended station. A rainwater tank and a restroom have been provided for the maintenance staff.
A third order revolving optic, on a [[Pneumatic trough|mercury trough]] with DA (dissolved [[acetylene]]) [[gas burner]] and gas motor to revolve the optic, all supplied by M/s BBT, Paris were installed inside the lantern house over the CI tower . The light was commissioned on 14 April 1969. Due to frequent failures of the rotation system, the revolving optic assembly was removed and a {{convert|500|mm|lk=out|adj=on|abbr=off}} cut-and-polished drum optic was placed in position in 1978. The DA gas burner was replaced by a DA gas flasher with a sun valve. This reduced the consumption of DA gas but the intensity of the light went down.

With the shortage in the supply of DA gas, it became essential to change over to [[solar energy]]. Accordingly, the light source was replaced by 12V 100W [[Halogen lamp]] inside the same optic and on the same pedestal. The system became operational on 18 October 1993.

<ref name="light">{{cite web|url=http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouse.aspx?Consent_id=159&Module_id=16&LocationId=10&LangId=1|publisher=www.dgll.nic.in|title=Government of India, Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships.|accessdate=2016-10-18}}</ref>

==Geography==
The island belongs to the [[Ritchie's Archipelago]] and is located {{convert|4|km|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Neill Island]].
It is locally known as 'Chhota' Neil (‘Little’ Neil).<ref>[http://www.andamans.gov.in/html/neil.html info]</ref>

==Administration==
Politically, Rose Island is part of [[Port Blair]] [[Tehsils of India|Taluk]].<ref name="and">{{cite web|url=http://andssw1.and.nic.in/ecostat/basicstatPDF2013_14/1.Demogrpahy.pdf |publisher=andssw1.and.nic.in|title=DEMOGRAPHIC – A&N ISLANDS |accessdate=2016-09-23}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
The island is uninhabited.

==Image gallery==
<gallery widths="180">
File:Ritchies Archipelago locale.png|Outline map of the [[Andaman Islands]], with Ritchie's Archipelago highlighted (in red).
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Portal|India|Islands}}
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Ritchie's Archipelago}}
{{South Andaman district |state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Ritchie's Archipelago]]
[[Category:Islands of South Andaman district]]
[[Category:Islands of the Andaman Sea]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of India]]
[[Category:Islands of India]]
[[Category:Islands of the Bay of Bengal]]
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Sir Hugh Rose Island - Revision history

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