Agatti

The Agatti Island is at a distance of 459 km from Kochi and is located the west of Kavaratti Island. It having an area of 3.84 sq km, with a maximum length of 10 km and width of km. It has a north-east, south-west trend with a long tail on the south. The lagoon area of this island is 17.50 sq km.

In Agatti coral growths and multicoloured coral fishes abound in its lagoons. Fishing is the most important industry of Agatti which is perhaps the only island besides Minicoy getting surplus fish. Next to Fishing, Coir and Copra are the main industries . Agatti is the Air Port stopover from Cochin on the way to Bangaram which can be seen on the northern horizon.