Laccadive Islands

The Laccadive /ˈlækədɪv/ or Kannur /ˈkænənɔːr/ Islands are one of the three island subgroups in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is the central subgroup of the Lakshadweep, separated from the Amindivi Islands subgroup roughly by the 11th parallel north and from the atoll of Minicoy (Maliku)—far to the south—by the 9 Degree or Mamala Channel.

This article is about the island subgroup. For the Union Territory, see Lakshadweep.

Laccadive Islands
Kannur Islands
Island subgroup
The Laccadive subgroup on an 1800 map
Laccadive Islands (India)
Country India
Union TerritoryLakshadweep
DistrictLakshadweep
Area
 • Total17.5 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationLD

Formerly the Union Territory of Lakshadweep was known as Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, a name that was changed to Lakshadweep by an act of Parliament in 1973.

The Laccadive subgroup had been known earlier as the "Cannanore Islands" after the coastal town of Kannur. The name originated in the fact that while the northern group of Amindivi had stopped in 1784 being a vassal state of the Kannur Kingdom (Arakkal) in exchange for fealty to Tippu Sultan's Kingdom of Mysore, the southern group remained loyal to Kannur.

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