Port Cornwallis

Port Cornwallis is a port situated on Ross Island, off the NE coast of North Andaman. This should not be confused with Ross Island, which is opposite Port Blair, South Andaman.

The Harbour of Port Cornwallis, Island of Great Andaman with the Fleet getting under way for Rangoon, circa 1825

There is a lighthouse, commissioned in 1973, near Port Cornwallis, "on the summit of Bopung Hill at the entrance of Aerial Bay."[1]

References
  1. "Welcome to PORT CORNWALLIS LIGHT HOUSE". Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships. Retrieved 9 April 2014.


13°17′N 93°05′E


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