Geography,

Facts of India

Contiguous Zone           24 nm

Territorial Sea                   12 nm (nautical miles)

Continental Shelf           200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Exclusive economic Zone  200 nm

Largest Lake                  Lake Chilka

Longest River                  Ganga

Highest Point of Himalaya  Kanchan Junga (8,598 m)

Highest Point                  Mt. K2 (8611 m)

Lowest Point                Kuttanad (-2.2 m)

Northernmost Point       Siachen Glacier near Karakoram

Easternmost Point      Kibithu, Arunachal Pradesh

Southernmost Point       Indira Point, Great Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Westernmost     point West of Ghuar Mota, Gujarat

Southernmost Point of India (Mainland) Cape Comorin (Kanya Kumari)

Lowest Altitude             Kuttanad (Kerala)

Highest Altitude            Kanchenjunga, Sikkim