Samudrika Naval Marine Museum: Difference between revisions

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'''Samudrika Naval Marine Museum''' is a museum situated near the [[Andaman Teal House]] at [[Port Blair]] in [[India]], designed to create awareness on various aspects of the [[marine ecosystem|oceanic environment]].<ref name="Ghosh1998">{{cite book|author=G. K Ghosh|title=Tourism Perspective in Andaman and Nicobar Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s2f3FvQvcpUC&pg=PA130|year=1998|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7024-978-8|pages=130–}}</ref> The museum is run by the [[Indian Navy]].<ref name="PlanetNoble2017">{{cite book|author1=Lonely Planet|author2=Isabella Noble|author3=Paul Harding, Kevin Raub, Sarina Singh, Iain Stewart|title=Lonely Planet South India & Kerala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psw6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1016|date=1 October 2017|publisher=Lonely Planet Global Limited|isbn=978-1-78701-239-4|pages=1016–}}</ref> The museum has five sections presenting history of Andaman Islands, geographical information, people of Andaman, archaeology, and marine life.<ref>[http://www.andamans.gov.in/html/portblair.html Samudrika (Naval Marine Museum)].andamans.gov.in</ref> It also houses a vast collection of cells, corals and a few species of colourful fishes of the sea around the islands.