Kadmat Island
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Kadmat Island, also known as Cardamom Island, is a coral island belonging to the Amindivi subgroup of islands of the Lakshadweep archipelago in India. Measuring 9.3 kilometres (5.8 mi) in length, the island has a lagoon with a width of 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) covering an area of 25 square kilometre
s (9.7 sq mi). The ecological feature of the island is the coral reef with seagrass, and marine turtles which nestle here. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (India) has notified the island as a marine protected area for ensuring conservation of the island's animal, plant, or other organisms and resources. The only inhabited village on the island is Kadmat, which had a population of 5,389 according to 2011 census. Fishing is the main economic activity on the island, and agriculture is limited to 5% of the land area. Tourism is legal and the attractions are kayaking, snorkeling and leisure trips by a glass-bottomed boat for scuba diving.
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