St. Martin's Island
St. Martin's Island is a small island (about 8 square kilometres) in the northeast of the Bay of Bengal. It is about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula, and is the southernmost part of Bangladesh. There is a small connected 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.
Native name: Narical Gingira (Bengali) Daruchini Dip (Bengali) | |
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 Natural beauty of St. Martin Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bay of Bengal |
| Coordinates | 20°37′38.12″N 92°19′21.28″E |
| Area | 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
Bangladesh | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 7,000 (2006) |
| Pop. density | 875/km2 (2266/sq mi) |
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