Aman Vir created an interactive map of his favorite obscure islands. Some you may well have heard of, such as Midway, for which a major WWII naval battle was named, and North Sentinel, home of the ...

This is the first census being conducted after Andaman and Nicobar administration’s decision, in Dec 2014, to not go near the island or disturb the Sentinelese ...

The Sentinelese weave mesh baskets, and they use wooden adzes tipped with iron. Salvage crews anchored near the island in the mid-1990s described bonfires on the beach at night and the sounds of ...

FILE – Clouds hang over the North Sentinel Island, in India's southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nov. 14, 2005. Author: RAJESH ROY Associated Press Published: 8:52 AM EDT April 17, 2025 ...

Dwindling numbers The Andaman Island tribe is one of the last remaining isolated groups in the world. In addition to the Sentinelese, Survival International says there are tribes living away from ...

The young American had twice attempted to visit the island in the past, and left a can of Diet Coke and a coconut as offering for the tribe this time after he failed to contact the Sentinelese. He ...

Dwindling numbers The Andaman Island tribe is one of the last remaining isolated groups in the world. In addition to the Sentinelese, Survival International says there are tribes living away from ...