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North Button Island National Park
This National Park is located in
Andaman & Nicobar union territory of India.
The park is spread in 44 sqml and is a natural habitat of dolphin. This
park was established in 1979 in Andaman district of the territory. The district
headquarters is located at 60 kilometers
distance from this park. If anyone desirous to come here by air route, he
will have to use Andaman Airport which is located at 200 kilometers from this
park. The period December to march is best time to visit this park.
Dolphins, water monitor lizard
are the main species found here.
General Information
State
|
Andaman and Nicobar Island
|
District(s)
|
Andaman District
|
Established
|
1979
|
Nearest city
|
Port Blair
|
Time zone
|
IST (UTC +05:30)
|
Area
|
114 sq kms
|
Temperature
|
20 °C to 30 °C
|
Best Time To Visit
In this park the visitors can enjoy
during the month of December to March. The major attraction of the park
is the species like Dolphins and Dugong water monitor lizard (namely Iguana). Besides
this park, some ore visiting places are there. Famous Barren Island is
also located at a distance of 60 kilometers from main group of
Andaman. The north east direction from the capital Port
Blair is 125 kilometers far from this place. The deep and blue
water around whole island is the natural habitat of Dolphins.
In the western direction from Port Blair, Marine National Park is
located. The rarely found sea eagle of white belly is one of the major
attraction points of this national park. Wood pigeon and Andaman teals
are other species which attract the tourist time and again.
Distance From National
Park
·
Long Island – 60 km
·
Barren Island – 60 km
How To Get There
By Air: This
national park is well connected with air route. Port Blair airport is the
only airport of this island. Presently Jet
Airways and Kingfisher airlines are operating
routine flights from these airports. Chennai and Kolkata are the other
main airports attached.
By Water:
From various coastal cities of India like, Chennai, Kolkata and
Vishakhapattanam, ships are available to this island. Not less than four trips
are operated from Chennai and Kolkata to Andaman every month. Only
Vishakhapattanam is the port from where only one
trip is being operated per
month. The normal reach timings are 60 hours and after this
journey, ship halts at Port Blair for minimum of three days.
Things To Do In
National Park
Wildlife
The environment of this island is very
suitable for development of Dolphins, monitor lizards of water, turtles dugongs
etc. Best time to see the park is from December to march every
year. The main attraction of this island is Cerulean Whale, though this is
normally not seen but in cold winters, the large specie comes on upper layer of
water for hours a day.
Adventures
In this area some adventure lovers also
perform scuba diving and by doing this they can view the real living pattern of
various species of the sea. From small Jelly fish to Cerulean Whale, all
can be viewed by scuba divers.
Weather
Special climatic conditions of this
region provide a typical climate throughout the year. Though any tropical
or continental climate do not exists here. The average temperature
shuttles in between 200 to 300 Celsius. From Jun to October is the time for
heavy and continuous rainy season.
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