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Map and location knowledge: India by region

Map: coastal and island locations of India

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  1. West coast places north to south: Kandla, Okha, Porbandar, Veraval, Diu, Surat, Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Panaji, Karwar, Mangaluru, Kozhikode, Kochi, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kanniyakumari
  2. East coast places south to north: Tuticorin, Rameswaram, Nagapattinam, Puducherry, Chennai, Ennore, Pulicat, Sriharikota, Nellore, Machilipatnam, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Bheemunipatnam, Gopalpur, Puri, Paradip, Chandipur, Digha, Haldia, Kolkata
  3. Andaman and Nicobar locations: Port Blair, Saddle Peak, Barren and Narcondam islands, Ten Degree Channel, Duncan Passage, Car Nicobar, Great Nicobar and Indira Point, Campbell Bay, distance to Sumatra and Myanmar
  4. Lakshadweep locations: Kavaratti, Minicoy, Agatti, Pitti, Eight and Nine Degree Channels
  5. Coral reef sites (Andaman and Nicobar, Gulf of Kachchh, Gulf of Mannar, Lakshadweep; Sundarbans has mangroves, not reefs) and mangrove sites (Sundarbans, Bhitarkanika, Coringa, Pichavaram, Point Calimere)
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