Teressa
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Nicobar Islands (Central Group) | |
| Geographical location | 8 ° 16 ' N , 93 ° 7' E | |
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| length | 5.4 km | |
| width | 19.6 km | |
| surface | 101.26 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 250 m | |
| Residents | 2043 (2001) 20 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Bengali | |
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Teressa ( Nicobar : Luroo ) is an Indian island and belongs to the Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean .
It is located west of the neighboring island of Camorta and northwest of Katchal . The smaller island of Chowra is to the north and Bomboka is to the east. In the northern part the island reaches a height of 250 meters. According to the 2001 Indian census, the island was home to 2,043 people, and the largest villages were: Bengali , Kalasi , Minyuk and Aloorang . The island has an area of 101.26 km².
When Austria declared some of the Nicobar Islands to be Austrian crown colonies in 1778 , Teressa was named after the Archduchess Maria Theresa .
Teressa was badly devastated in the great tidal waves of the tsunami as a result of the severe seaquake in the Indian Ocean in 2004 .
Remarks
- ^ Page of the police with the island names ( memento of the original from March 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (engl.)
- ^ Page of the police with the village name ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (engl.)
- ↑ Alexander Randa: Maria Theresa's Asia Company. In: Austria overseas. Herold, Vienna 1966. pp. 73–84, naming p. 84.
