Minicoy Island
The southernmost island of Lakshadweep, closer to the Maldives in language and boat design than to the mainland.
- Where
- Minicoy, Lakshadweep, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 8.2765, 73.0532
Get the Minicoy Island stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Minicoy Island. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Lakshadweep volume with your photos and a note.
Near Minicoy Island
Kalpeni Island 210 km
A lagoon and the storm bank of coral boulders.
Kavaratti 259 km
The administrative capital of Lakshadweep, a coral atoll where the lagoon is calm enough to see the bottom from a boat.
Vaadhoo 270 km
One of the inhabited islands of Raa Atoll in the north of the Maldives. On some nights its shore glows blue as the waves stir bioluminescent plankton, the effect travellers call the sea of stars.
Agatti Island 303 km
The only island in Lakshadweep with an airstrip, on a lagoon where the reef drops away within swimming distance.
Thinnakara 308 km
An uninhabited island you camp on.
Bangaram Atoll 309 km
An uninhabited teardrop of sand inside a lagoon, reached from Agatti, with reef sharks in the shallows.
Naifaru 317 km
The capital and most populous island of Lhaviyani Atoll, 144 kilometres north of Malé. It is a closely built local island and the atoll's centre for trade, schools and government offices.
Kadmat Island 330 km
A long thin island with a dive school.
More offbeat places in Lakshadweep
Questions
Where is Minicoy Island?
Minicoy Island is in Minicoy, Lakshadweep. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kalpeni Island (210 km), Kavaratti (259 km), Vaadhoo (270 km).
How do I get the Minicoy Island stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Minicoy Island and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Lakshadweep volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Minicoy Island before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Lakshadweep volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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