Question

Why is Lakshadweep known as a coral island?

Answer 1

Lakshadweep island is known as a coral island because it has been made up of coral, which are skeletons of tiny marine animals called polyps. When they die their skeletal remains accumulate on the sea bed which grows higher and higher to form coral islands.

Coral reefs are large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of colonial marine invertebrates called coral.