Galathea National Park

6°55′23″N 93°49′59″E / 6.923°N 93.833°E / 6.923; 93.833 Galathea National Park is a national park located in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located on the island of Great Nicobar in the Nicobar Islands, which lie in the eastern Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal).

The total area of this park is some 110 square kilometres, and it was gazetted as a National Park of India in 1992. Galathea forms part of what has been designated as the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, which also includes the larger Campbell Bay National Park, separated from Galathea by a 12-km forest buffer zone.

Many unique and rare species of plants and animals are found in the park, a number of which (owing to their relative geographical isolation) are endemic to the islands.

Flora

The vegetation consists largely of tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests.

Fauna

Notable animal species found in the park include the giant robber crab, megapode and Nicobar pigeon. [1]

From February to December, the largest turtle in the world, the leather back turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), nests here.[2]

Climate

There is an acute tropical climate here, only with the summer season and monsoons, the inhabitants of the park here have never encountered winter conditions.

During the rainy season, an average of 3000–3800 mm of rain per square meter falls here.[3]

Galathea National Park,due to geographical surroundings and physical location is considered to be having world's best preserved tropical rain forests and large quantity of endemism. [4]

Risk of development

The Great Nicobar Island is at risk of being developed into a Military and trading hub by the Indian government as part of the Great Nicobar Development Plan.[5] The 9 billion dollar project will include the construction of an international container terminal; a dual-use airport for military and civilian purposes; a gas, diesel, and solar-based power plant; and a greenfield township on the 1,000-square-kilometer island. These developments would also boost the island's population into the hundreds of thousands.

Getting to Galathea National Park

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands have just one airport, Port Blair. There are daily flights to and from Port Blair to Chennai and Kolkata. The flight time is 2 hours.[6]

The Giant robber crab, or Coconut crab
A megapode
Nicobar pigeon

See also

References

  1. ^ "Restriction imposed on visiting Galathea Bay Wildlife Sanctuary & National Park :: The Daily Telegrams". dt.andaman.gov.in. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Galathea National Park – Geography and You". Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Galathea National Park complete detail – updated". NatureConservation.in. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Eco-sensitive zones of 0 km notified by 60 national parks: Study". Hindustan Times. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  5. ^ Krishnan, Murali (20 February 2024). "Will India's megaproject sink Great Nicobar island? – DW – 02/20/2024". dw.com. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Galathea National Park". Retrieved 6 February 2013.


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