India’s only active volcano erupts again

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ September 23,2025

Barren Island, situated in Andaman sea which is not only India’s but South Asia’s only active volcano, has erupted twice in a span of eight days.

Officials said that the eruptions occurred on September 13 and September 20, but were minor in nature. The volcano had erupted last time in 2022 as per the official records.

Located nearly 140 km away from Port Blair ( now renamed Sri Vijaya Puram) by sea, this uninhabited island lies at the junction of the Indian and Burmese tectonic plates.

The total area of Barren Island is 8.34 sq km, and the nearest habitation is Swaraj Dweep and Narcondam Island – the latter being a dormant volcano, both nearly 140-150 km from Barren Island.