Mount Manipur National Park, National park in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Mount Manipur National Park covers 4.62 km² of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, about 20 km north of Port Blair. Its mountains run north–south, rising from the coast to a 481 m peak, with steep eastern slopes and rocky beaches broken by small sandy patches. Streams rising in the hills flow east into the sea.
Mount Harriet National Park began as a reserve forest and was converted into a national park in 1969, with the protected area enlarged in 1979. It is named after Harriet C. Tytler, wife of Robert Christopher Tytler, Superintendent of the Convict Settlement at Port Blair from 1862 to 1864, remembered for documenting Delhi's monuments and for her notes during the Revolt of 1857. The park was later renamed Mount Manipur National Park.
The park is named after Harriet C. Tytler, wife of Robert Christopher Tytler, Superintendent of the Convict Settlement at Port Blair from 1862 to 1864; she documented Delhi's monuments and wrote notes during the 1857 Revolt. The Negrito people, hunter-gatherers, live in the park's tropical forest. The image on the back of the ₹20 banknote was taken here.
Access requires a permit from the local forest office in Port Blair, which should be requested a few days before visiting. Walking is easier during the dry months when trails are less slippery.
The forests host several endemic bird species that occur only on these islands and live nowhere else in the world. Observers can spot these animals in the early morning along forest edges.
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