Cape Comorin, the southernmost tip of mainland India is located in which of the following states?
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Option 4 : Tamil Nadu
The correct answer is Tamil Nadu.
- Kanyakumari is located at the southern tip of the Cardamom Hills in Tamil Nadu.
- Cape means the land infiltrated into the sea and Comorin is the former ame of the Kanyakumari.
- During the British Rule, sailors and traders used the word Cape to mention the identical landmark of Comorin.
- The north-south extent from Indira Col in Kashmir to Kanyakumari is 3,214 km.
- The east-west width from the Rann of Kutch to Arunachal Pradesh is 2,933 km.
- With an area of 32,87,263 sq km, India is the seventh-largest country in the world.
- India accounts for about 2.4 per cent of the total surface area of the world.
- Extreme points of India:
| Easternmost | Kibithu in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| Westernmost | Ghuar Mota in the Kutch region of Gujarat. |
| Northernmost | Indira Col |
| Southernmost (Mainland) | Kanyakumari is also known as Cape Comorin. |
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