The Interview Island is approachable by a chartered vessel or by the Lighthouse tender M.V. Pradeep which visits the island for the periodical maintenance of the Lighthouse.
The island is a wooded plateau with hills upto 112 m elevation. The Southern extremity of the island terminates in a cliff. There are submerged reefs around the island as such it has to be approached cautiously.
The Interview Island is situated on the western side of middle Andamans. Its sight is first picked up by the vessels approaching the Islands from Visakhapatnam. This is the only island inhabited by wild elephants. There is a police post on the island as it is close to Jarwa aboriginals region on the middle Andamans separated by a creek.
There was a demand from the Maritime agencies for providing a Lighthouse on the southern tip of the island. The masonry structure for the lighthouse was completed towards the end of 1993 and the 500 mm optical equipment with halogen lamp and solar charged batteries was installed over the structure in early 1994. It was commissioned into service on 31st March 1994. |
