St. Martin's Island of Bangladesh

St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh

          St. Martin's Island is not a big island (the area not more than 36 km²) in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal, there is a small adjacent island this is separated at the excessive tide, referred to as Chera Dwip. It is set eight kilometers (five miles) west of the northwest coast of Myanmar, on the mouth of the Naf River.

St. Martin's Island Map in Google

        Millenia in the past, the island was an extension of the Teknaf peninsula, but at a later time some portion of this peninsula got submerged and for this reason, the southernmost part of the aforementioned peninsula became an island and turned into disconnected from the Bangladesh mainland. The first settlement began 250 years in the past by way of Arabian sailors who named the island 'Jazeera'. The island was named after the then Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong, Mr. Martin, during the British occupation of St. Martin. The neighborhood names of the island are "Narikel jinjira" which means 'Coconut Island', and "Daruchini Dwip" which means "Cinnamon island". It is the simplest coral island in Bangladesh.

St. Martin's Island-Coral Island

 

        From 1989 to 2004, non-residential Bangladeshis and foreigners had been the simplest human beings permitted at the island; however, this has modified and now residential Bangladeshis are allowed. St. Martin's Island has become a traveler spot, and 5 delivery liners run day by day trips to the island. Tourists can e-book their trip either from Chittagong or from Cox's Bazar. A small bush is there, that's the best green part. People do not live in this part, so it is really helpful for the vacationers to go there early and come back by means of the afternoon.

 

St. Martin's Island-Coral Island

        A variety of efforts have been proposed to hold the numerous endangered species of turtles that nest on the island, as well as the corals, a number of which can be found most effective on Narikel Jinjira. Pieces of the coral reef are being removed to be offered to travelers. Nesting turtles are occasionally taken for food, and their hatch lings are regularly distracted through the twinkling lighting alongside the beach. Fish, a few these days discovered, are being over fished. Every year the fishermen ought to venture in addition out to sea to get their catch. Most of them use motorless boats.

 

St. Martin's Island

        It is possible to stroll around the island in a day as it measures the most effective eight km2 (three sq. Mile), shrinking to about 5 km2 (2 sq. Mi) during high tide. The island exists only because of its coral base, so elimination of that coral risk’s erosion of the beach. Because of this, St. Martin's has lost kind of 25% of its coral reef in the beyond seven years.

St. Martin's Island-Sea Food

      The excellent climate is commonly between November and February; that is the major traveler season. Between March and July, cyclones can strike. The island becomes devastated with the aid of a cyclone in 1991 but has completely recovered, and turned into untouched through the 2004 tsunami. Thus, March to July is the low season for tourists.