Editing Ritchie's Archipelago (section)

==Geography==
The islands are located in the [[Bay of Bengal]], bordering with the [[Andaman Sea]] and are some {{convert|400|km|abbr=on}} south of the nearest [[Asia]]n mainland, [[Cape Negrais]] in [[Myanmar]].
The [[archipelago]] comprises 4 larger islands, 3 medium islands, and 10 smaller islands and [[islet]]s, extending in a roughly north–south chain, parallel to the main Great Andaman group. [[Baratang|Baratang Island]] and [[South Andaman Island]] lie to the west across [[Diligent Strait]]; the active [[volcano]] [[Barren Island (Andaman Islands)|Barren Island]] is {{convert|85|km|abbr=on}} further to the east.

The islands of Ritchie's Archipelago run in a closely spaced arc which extends about {{convert|60|km|abbr=on}} from the southernmost [[Rose Island (Andaman)|Rose Island]]. to [[North Button Island National Park|North Button I.]], with [[Diligent Strait]] between them and Great Andaman ranging from {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} to less than {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}}. Most of the islands are clustered closely together separated by only narrow, almost river-like channels. The exceptions are [[Rose Island (Andaman)|Rose Island]] and [[Neill Island]] to the south of [[Havelock Island]], and the three small [[Button Islands (Andaman Islands)|Button Islands]] which are smaller outliers to the north of the group.

The interior of most of the islands consists of undulating hills and plains, with a [[topography]] generally not exceeding {{convert|100|m|abbr=on}} [[above mean sea level]]. [[Wilson Island (Ritchie's Archipelago)|Wilson Island]] rises to 216 m.<ref name="nga" /> Occasionally the land rises reasonably abruptly from the sea to a domed plateau, and there are a few rocky coastal cliffs; however, in the main the coastlines are relatively flat, interspersed by both rocky and sand beaches and some low-lying [[lagoon]]s and [[estuary|estuaries]] on the larger islands. [[Coral reef]]s surround many of the islands, particularly on the "sea-ward" (i.e., eastern) coastlines.

Havelock, John Lawrence, Henry Lawrence, Peel and Outram islands have a few [[creek (tidal)|tidal creeks]] winding into their interiors; in general freshwater [[stream]]s are few.

===Islands===
The main islands in the archipelago are:
* '''[[Havelock Island|Swaraj Dweep]] (Havelock Island)''' - {{convert|92.2|km2|abbr=on}}
* [[Sir William Peel Island]] (Peel Island) - {{convert|23.7|km2|abbr=on}}
* [[Nicholson Island (Ritchie's Archipelago)|Nicholson Island]]
* [[Wilson Island (Ritchie's Archipelago)|Wilson Island]] - {{convert|14.3|km2|abbr=on}}
* [[John Lawrence Island]] - {{convert|34.8|km2|abbr=on}}, formerly inhabited
* [[Henry Lawrence Island]] - {{convert|54.7|km2|abbr=on}}
* [[Inglis Island (Ritchie's Archipelago)|Inglis Island]]
* [[Outram Island]] - {{convert|13.9|km2|abbr=on}}
* '''[[Neil Island|Shaheed Dweep]] (Neil Island)''' - {{convert|13.7|km2|abbr=on}}
* [[Sir Hugh Rose Island]] (Rose Island)
* [[Button Islands (Andaman Islands)|Button Islands]] (North Button Island, Middle Mutton Island and South Button Island)