North Sentinel Island is part of the Andaman Islands, a group of Indian islands in the Bay of Bengal that also encompasses South Sentinel Island. This island is designated as a protected zone by India. It serves as the dwelling place of the Sentinelese, a native tribe that has chosen to live in voluntary seclusion, frequently using force to protect their secluded way of life from external interference. The island measures around 8 kilometers (5.0 miles) in length and 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) in width, covering an area of roughly 60 square kilometers (23 square miles)…

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Wildlife Conservation Act of 1956 prohibits travel to the island and any species closer than 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) to protect the remaining ethnic communities from infectious diseases on the "backcountry" that may not be affected. death The disease in this area is being investigated by the Indian Navy..

Namely, the island belongs to the South Andaman Administrative Region, which is part of the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In practice, the Indian authorities recognize the isolation of the islanders and prevent outsiders from remotely inspecting them (by boat and sometimes by plane) from a safe distance. The Indian government will not prosecute security guards for genocide if foreigners come ashore. In 2018, the Indian government removed 29 islands - including the North Sentinel - from the RAP (Reserved Area Agreement) in a major move to boost tourism. In November 2018, the government's Ministry of the Interior announced that travel restrictions would be eased to allow scientists and anthropologists (with previously approved permits) to visit the Sentinel Island..

The Sentinelese have time and again attacked coming near vessels, whether or not the boats have been deliberately traveling the island or without a doubt ran aground on the encompassing coral reef. The islanders had been found taking pictures arrows at boats, in addition to at low-flying helicopters. Such assaults have led to damage and death. In 2006, islanders killed fishermen whose boat had drifted ashore, and in 2018 an American Christian missionary, 26-year-antique John Chau, became killed after he illegally tried to make touch with the islanders 3 separate instances and paid nearby fishermen to move him to the island.,,

North Sentinel is part of a larger island chain known as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, now a territory of the Union of India. There are 184 islands in this tropical island in the Bay of Bengal, 500 km from the coast of Myanmar (Burma) and 1200 km from India..

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