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Find out the name and locations of islands located in India and list them in the above given categories.
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- Continental Islands: Minicoy, Seven Islands of Bombay (Bombay is the present-day Mumbai.), Sundarbans, Amindivi, etc.
- Volcanic Island: Barren island part of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Coral Island: Andaman and Nicobar, Gulf of Kutch, Gulf of Mannar, Lakshadweep, Tarkarli in Malvan, etc.
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