St. Martin's Island is a small island (area only 8 km2) in
the northeastern part of the Bay of
Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's
Bazar-Teknaf
peninsula, and forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh.
There is a small adjoining island that is separated at high tide, called Chhera
island. It is about 8 km west of the northwest coast of Myanmar, at the
mouth of the Naf
River. The first settlement started just 250 years ago by some Arabian
sailors who named the island ‘Zajira’. During British
occupation the island was named St. Martin Island. The local names of the
island are "Narical Gingira", also spelled "Narikel
Jinjira/Jinjera", which means 'Coconut Island' in Bengali,
and "Daruchini Dip". It is the only coral
island in Bangladesh.Sunday, September 6, 2015
Travle in Chittagong
St. Martin's Island is a small island (area only 8 km2) in
the northeastern part of the Bay of
Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's
Bazar-Teknaf
peninsula, and forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh.
There is a small adjoining island that is separated at high tide, called Chhera
island. It is about 8 km west of the northwest coast of Myanmar, at the
mouth of the Naf
River. The first settlement started just 250 years ago by some Arabian
sailors who named the island ‘Zajira’. During British
occupation the island was named St. Martin Island. The local names of the
island are "Narical Gingira", also spelled "Narikel
Jinjira/Jinjera", which means 'Coconut Island' in Bengali,
and "Daruchini Dip". It is the only coral
island in Bangladesh.
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