{"id":64809,"date":"2025-09-23T13:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=64809"},"modified":"2025-09-23T14:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:09:25","slug":"barren-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/barren-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Barren Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Barren Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minor volcanic eruptions were noticed twice in a span of eight days at Barren Island in Andaman and Nicobar Islands recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Barren Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> volcanic island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/andaman-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Andaman Sea<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Popularly known as a <\/span><b>submarine emergent volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the island is a <\/span><b>part of the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies about <\/span><b>138 kilometers<\/b> <b>northeast <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the territory\u2019s capital, <\/span><b>Port Blair.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies <\/span><b>above<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>subduction zone of India and Burmese plates.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>only active volcano in the Indian subcontinent. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Also, along a chain of volcanoes from Sumatra to Myanmar, this is the only active volcano.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This island is about three kilometers in diameter and has a <\/span><b>big crater of the volcano, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about <\/span><b>half a kilometer away from the shore.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>stratovolcano <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">composed of lava, rock fragments, and volcanic ash.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <\/span><b>erupted multiple times <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in recent history, with the <\/span><b>most recent significant eruptions occurring in 2017.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">It is <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">inhabited by humans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Only a small population of goats, birds, bats, and rats are living under harsh conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/minor-volcanic-eruptions-noticed-in-andamans-barren-island\/2748550\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PRINT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barren Island is a volcanic island located in the Andaman Sea. 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