This article is about the island subgroup. For the Union Territory, see Lakshadweep.
Island subgroup in Lakshadweep, India
Laccadive Islands Kannur
Islands
Island subgroup
The Laccadive subgroup on an 1800 map
Laccadive Islands (India)
Country
India
Union Territory
Lakshadweep
District
Lakshadweep
Area
• Total
17.5 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Languages
• Official
Malayalam
Time zone
UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration
LD
View of Kavaratti, one of the main islands of the subgroup.
The Laccadive/ˈlækədɪv/ or Kannur/ˈkænənɔːr/ Islands are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is the central subgroup of the Lakshadweep, separated from the Amindivi Islands subgroup roughly by the 11th parallel north and from the atoll of Minicoy (Maliku)—far to the south—by the 9 Degree or Mamala Channel.[1]
Formerly the Union Territory of Lakshadweep was known as Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands,[2] a name that was changed to Lakshadweep by an act of Parliament in 1973.[3]
The Laccadive subgroup had been known earlier as the "Cannanore Islands"[4] after the coastal town of Kannur. The name originated in the fact that while the northern group of Amindivi had stopped in 1784 being a vassal state of the Kannur Kingdom (Arakkal) in exchange for fealty to Tippu Sultan's Kingdom of Mysore, the southern group remained loyal to Kannur.
^GEBCO Gazetteer of undersea feature names
^Lakshadweep | union territory, India | Britannica
^"The name of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi islands". Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
The Laccadive /ˈlækədɪv/ or Kannur /ˈkænənɔːr/ Islands are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is the central...
an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the LaccadiveIslands in the middle with the Amindivi Islands in the north separated...
The Laccadive Sea (/ˈlɑːkədiːv, ˈlækə-/ LAH-kə-deev, LAK-ə-), also known as the Lakshadweep Sea, is a body of water bordering India (including its Lakshadweep...
of 572 islands of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Great Andaman Islands North Andaman Island Cleugh Passage Group Landfall Island East Island West Island Aerial...
It is the northern group of the Lakshadweep, separated from the LaccadiveIslands subgroup roughly by the 11th parallel north. The total land area of...
district. Jeseri, a distinct dialect of Malayalam, was spoken in the LaccadiveIslands. Malabar District merged with the erstwhile state of Travancore-Cochin...
"Hundred Thousand Islands" (Lakshadweepa), a generic name which would include not only the Maldives, but also the Laccadives, Aminidivi Islands, Minicoy, and...
kingdom included little more than the Cannanore town and the southern LaccadiveIslands (Agatti, Kavaratti, Androth and Kalpeni, as well as Minicoy), originally...
Indian Ocean between the LaccadiveIslands of Kalpeni and Suheli Par, and Maliku Atoll (Minicoy Island). These two subgroups of islands, together with the Amindivi...
the king of Maldives was a tributary of this House. The Jagir of Laccadiveislands, received by the Ali Rajas from Kolathiris in the 16th century, enhanced...
Alocasia indica is a species of flowering plant in the arum family, Araceae. It is a subshrub native to India and Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Java...
Lakshadweep. Nine Degree Channel separates Minicoy and the LaccadiveIslands. The closest island to Minicoy is Thuraakunu in the Republic of the Maldives...
Quilon. The Arakkal kingdom had right over the city of Kannur and LaccadiveIslands in the late medieval period. Kannur municipality was formed on 1 November...
Ceylon), Cochin; and Calicut. They proceeded to Liushan (Maldive and LaccadiveIslands), Bila (Bitra Atoll), Sunla (Chetlat Atoll), and Hormuz. At Java,...
from Hyderabad State and the Coorg State. The LaccadiveIslands, Aminidivi Islands and Minicoy Island, which had been divided between the South Canara...
and is isolated from the rest of Asia by large mountain barriers. LaccadiveIslands, Maldives and the Chagos Archipelago are three series of coral atolls...
Lakshadweep. Agatti is one of the Lakshadweep islands open to tourism. Visitors, however, are allowed to the Island under certain restrictions. They are required...
herb native to Borneo, Java, the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, the LaccadiveIslands, and the Philippines. It is sometimes grown...
2011. Retrieved 8 November 2011. R. H. Ellis, A short account of the LaccadiveIslands and Minicoy, AES reprint 1992 Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean...
(1876). "The Laccadives and the west coast". Stray Feathers. 4: 413–483. Taylor, A. Dundas (1876). "Southern India and LaccadiveIslands (I.G.S. Clyde...
and Southeast China; Assam state, the LaccadiveIslands and greater India; Jawa, Maluku, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and Sulawesi in Indonesia; Cambodia...
Austronesian contact with the region, including the Maldives and LaccadiveIslands. This is estimated to have occurred around 1000 to 600 BCE and onwards...
Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, LaccadiveIslands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya...
Karachi. The Arakkal kingdom had right over the city of Kannur and LaccadiveIslands in the late medieval period. The Portuguese arrived at Kappad Kozhikode...
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