The Mount Harriet Island National Park is a national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

 located in Ferrargunj tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory

Union Territory

A Union Territory is a sub-national administrative division of India, in the federal framework of governance. Unlike the states of India, which have their own elected governments, union territories are ruled directly by the federal government; the President of India appoints an Administrator or...

 of India

India

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. The park covers about 46.62 km² (18.00 mi²).

It is named for the wife of Robert Christopher Tytler

Robert Christopher Tytler

Robert Christopher Tytler was a British soldier, naturalist and photographer. His second wife Harriet is well known for her work in documenting the monuments of Delhi and for her notes at the time of the 1857 revolt in India...

, a British soldier, naturalist and photographer, who was appointed officiating Superintendent of the Convict Settlement at Port Blair

Port Blair

Port Blair is the largest town and a municipal council in Andaman district in the Andaman Islands and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India...

 in the Andamans from April 1862 to February 1864.

It is known for its Andaman wild pigs, saltwater crocodiles, turtles and robber crab.