Port Blair
Mount Harriet
The park is named in commemoration of Harriet C. Tytler, the second wife of Robert Christopher Tytler, a British army officer, an administrator, naturalist and photographer, who was appointed Superintendent of the Convict Settlement at Port Blair in the Andamans from April 1862 to February 1864.[5] Harriet is remembered for her work in documenting the monuments of Delhi and for her notes at the time of the Revolt of 1857 in India.[6] Mount Manipur (Mount Harriet) depicted on the Indian 20-rupee note (pre-2019 edition) The park's well-known faunal species are Andaman wild pigs (an endangered species), saltwater crocodiles, turtles and robber crabs.[7] The park is also a butterfly hotspot.[3] The picture on the back side of ₹ 20 banknote has been taken at the park.
