- Mount Harriet National Park
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Coordinates: 11°42′58″N 92°44′02″E / 11.7161°N 92.7339°E The Mount Harriet Island National Park is a national park located in Ferrargunj tehsil in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory of India. The park covers about 46.62 km² (18.00 mi²).
It is named for the wife of Robert Christopher Tytler, a British soldier, naturalist and photographer, who was appointed officiating Superintendent of the Convict Settlement at Port Blair in the Andamans from April 1862 to February 1864.[1]
It is known for its Andaman wild pigs, saltwater crocodiles, turtles and robber crab.
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• Part of the series on National Parks of India • Andaman &
Nicobar IslandsCampbell Bay • Galathea • Mahatma Gandhi • Mt. Harriet Island • Middle Button Island • North Button Island • Rani Jhansi • Saddle Peak • South Button IslandAndhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Valmiki• Kanwar Taal Bird Sanctuary • Vikramshila Dolphin SanctuaryChhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Orissa Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Categories:- Andaman and Nicobar geography stubs
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- National parks of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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