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North Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman Islands in the Bay Of Bengal . It lies to the west of the southern part of South Andaman Island ; geographic coordinates: . North Sentinel Island is home to a tribe of Indigenous People , the Sentinelese , whose present numbers are uncertainly estimated to be anywhere between 50-400 individuals. They refuse any contact with other people and are among the last people who have remained virtually untouched by modern civilisation. The local government has recently stated that there are no intentions of interfering with their lifestyle and habitat. NASA image (from the International Space Station ) of North Sentinel Island; the island's protective fringe of Coral Reef s can be seen clearly. Note this image pre-dates the 2004 Tsunami , which caused the uplift and subsequent exposure of much of the reef.]] Although the Andaman Islands are likely to have suffered seriously from the effects of the December 2004 Tsunami , the survival of the Sentinelese was confirmed when several days after the event an Indian government helicopter that was sent to the island observed several of them. They proceeded to fire arrows at the hovering aircraft to repel it. External links
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