Sound Island

Sound Island
	Location within Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Geography
Location	Bay of Bengal
Coordinates	12°57′N 92°58′E / 12.95°N 92.97°E
Archipelago	Andaman Islands
Adjacent to	Indian Ocean
Area	12.95 km2 (5.00 sq mi)
Length	6.7 km (4.16 mi)
Width	4.0 km (2.49 mi)
Coastline	37.3 km (23.18 mi)
Highest elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Administration
	India
District	North and Middle Andaman
Island group	Andaman Islands
Island sub-group	Stewart Sound Group
Taluk	Diglipur Taluk
Demographics
Population	0 (2016)
Ethnic groups	Hindu, Andamanese
Additional information
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30);
PIN	744202
Telephone code	031927
ISO code	IN-AN-00
Official website	www.and.nic.in
Literacy	84.4%
Avg. summer temperature	30.2 °C (86.4 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	23.0 °C (73.4 °F)
Sex ratio	1.2♂/♀
Census Code	35.639.0004
Official Languages	Hindi, English

Sound Island is an island of the Andaman Islands. It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The island lies 144 km (89 mi) north from Port Blair.

History

The island was under the control of Japanese during World War II, and housed a small team of Japanese army personnel whose assignment was to sound and alert the army in Mayabunder of approaching enemy ships by sounding drums and bugles.

Geography

The island belongs to the Stewart Sound Group and lies between Square Island and Goose Island. The island is the biggest of the group, having an area of almost 13 km² (5.0 sq mi). Small Square Island 0.1 ha (0.25 acres), just at the southern tip, has an automated lighthouse located on it.