Kamorta is an island in the Nicobar Islands chain of India, located in the northeast Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. INS Kardip is a naval forward operating base of the joint-services Andaman and Nicobar Command on Kamorta island. The Indian Navy's Kamorta-class Corvette is named after the island.Kamorta/Kalatapu is a village on this island, in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is located in the Nancowry tehsil.