Question: The only active volcano in India is in _______.
Answer: The only active volcano in India is the Barren Island volcano in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- It spouts lava and ash
- A team of scientists from the Gore-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) identified it and conducted an expedition
- The volcano erupted in a small episode that lasted 510 minutes
- Barren Island is located about 140 km from Port Blair
- It is a tourist destination, surrounded by the sea ideal for scuba diving, and home to a wide variety of aquatic life
- It is the only active volcano along the volcanic chain from Sumatra to Myanmar
- Historically, the first record of a volcanic eruption dates back to 1787