Wheeler Island, India
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Wheeler Island is an island off the coast of Orissa
, India
. It is approximately 150 km from the state capital Bhubaneshwar. India maintains a missile
testing facility on the island.
Wheeler Island is located approximately 10 kilometers off the East coast of India on the Bay of Bengal
and about 70 kilometers south of Chandipur
in Orissa
. The island is approximately 2 kilometers long and occupies about 390 acres (1.6 km²). Wheeler Island is the missile test facility for the most of Indian missiles including long range ones.
Access to the test facility is by ship as there is no bridge or airport connecting the island to the mainland. There is a small helipad, but missile airframes and all supplies, construction materials and heavy equipment arrive by ship.
Location
It is located in Orissa in Bhadrak District near Chandbali, 150 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, nearest port is the Dhamara port. On 17/5/2010 missile Agni-II and 0n 26/07/2010 interceptor missile was launched from this island.
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Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is approximately 150 km from the state capital Bhubaneshwar. India maintains a missile
Missile
Though a missile may be any thrown or launched object, it colloquially almost always refers to a self-propelled guided weapon system.-Etymology:The word missile comes from the Latin verb mittere, meaning "to send"...
testing facility on the island.
Wheeler Island is located approximately 10 kilometers off the East coast of India on the Bay of Bengal
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the...
and about 70 kilometers south of Chandipur
Chandipur
Chandipur also known as Chandipur-on-sea is a small sea resort in Baleswar District, Orissa, India. The resort is on the Bay of Bengal and is approximately 16 kilometers from the Baleswar Railway Station. The beach is unique in that the water recedes anywhere from 1 kilometer to 4 kilometers during...
in Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
. The island is approximately 2 kilometers long and occupies about 390 acres (1.6 km²). Wheeler Island is the missile test facility for the most of Indian missiles including long range ones.
Access to the test facility is by ship as there is no bridge or airport connecting the island to the mainland. There is a small helipad, but missile airframes and all supplies, construction materials and heavy equipment arrive by ship.
Location
It is located in Orissa in Bhadrak District near Chandbali, 150 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, nearest port is the Dhamara port. On 17/5/2010 missile Agni-II and 0n 26/07/2010 interceptor missile was launched from this island.
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