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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Island of the Andaman Islands}}<br />
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{{Infobox islands<br />
| name = Wilson Island<br />
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| sobriquet = Sir Archdale Wilson Island<br />
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| map = India Andaman and Nicobar Islands#India<br />
| map_caption = Location of Wilson Island<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12.13|N|92.98|E|region:IN-AN_type:isle_dim:50000_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}<br />
| etymology = <br />
| location = [[Bay of Bengal]]<br />
| archipelago = [[Andaman Islands]]<br />
| waterbody = [[Indian Ocean]]<br />
| area_km2 = 14.3<br />
| 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><br />
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| length_km = 4.1<br />
| width_km = 4.3<br />
| coastline_km = 16.2<br />
| elevation_m = 216<br />
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="nga">{{cite enroute|173|2017|283}}</ref><br />
| highest_mount = Round Hill<br />
| country = {{flag|India}}<br />
| country_admin_divisions_title = [[List of districts in India#Andaman and Nicobar (AN)|District]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions = [[South Andaman district|South Andaman]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [[Island group]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Andaman Islands]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Island sub-group<br />
| country_admin_divisions_2 = [[Ritchie's Archipelago]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsil]]<br />
| country_admin_divisions_3 = [[Port Blair|Port Blair Tehsil]]<br />
| population = 0<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 744202<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-codes.com/pincodes/a-n-islands-pin-code |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323224041/http://www.india-codes.com/pincodes/a-n-islands-pin-code |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 March 2014 |title=A&N Islands - Pincodes |date=22 September 2016|accessdate=22 September 2016 }}</ref><br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| 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><br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.and.nic.in/}}<br />
| iso_code_type = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|ISO code]]<br />
| iso_code = IN-AN-00<ref>Registration Plate Numbers added to ISO Code</ref><br />
}}<br />
'''Wilson Island''' is an 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 the [[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|57|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Port Blair]].<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
Wilson Island is named after [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier Commander]] [[Archdale Wilson|Sir Archdale Wilson]].<br />
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==History==<br />
There is a lighthouse on the island. It was commissioned on 23 March 1994.<ref name="light">{{cite web|url=http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouse.aspx?Consent_id=157&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><br />
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==Geography==<br />
The island belongs to the [[Ritchie's Archipelago]] and is located between north of [[Sir William Peel Island]] and [[Nicholson Island (Ritchie's Archipelago)|Nicholson Island]] and west of [[John Lawrence Island]]. A narrow channel ({{convert|400|m|0|abbr=on}}) separates Wilson Island from Sir William Peel Island to the south.<br />
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==Administration==<br />
Politically, Wilson Island is part of [[Port Blair]] 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><br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
The island is uninhabited.<br />
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==Image gallery==<br />
<gallery widths="180"><br />
File:Ritchies Archipelago locale.png|Outline map of the [[Andaman Islands]], with Ritchie's Archipelago highlighted (in red).<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Portal|India|Islands}}<br />
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Ritchie's Archipelago}}<br />
{{South Andaman district |state=collapsed}}<br />
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[[Category:Islands of the Andaman Sea]]<br />
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of India]]<br />
[[Category:Islands of India]]<br />
[[Category:Islands of the Bay of Bengal]]<br />
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