This is a list of

Island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

s of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. The islands of Bangladesh are scattered along the

Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between ...

and the river mouth of the

Padma The Padma ( bn, পদ্মা ''Pôdma'') is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the Meghna River near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is sit ...

. The word "Char" is used in many of the names and refers to floodplain sediment islands in the Ganges Delta. Many large rivers originated from the Himalayas carry a high level of sediment and it accumulates across the shoreline of Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. This has led to significant changes in the morphology of the coastal area, including the development of the new Islands.

Western Bay of Bengal

* Ashar Char * Andar Char * Char Hare * Char Lakhsmi/ Birshreshta Hamid Island * Char Manika *

Nijhum Dwip Nijhum Dwip ( bn, নিঝুম দ্বীপ, lit=Silent Island) is a small island under Hatiya, Bangladesh, Hatiya upazila. It is situated in Noakhali District in Bangladesh. Once it was called Char Osmani, Baluar Char, Golden Island A c ...

* Ramnabad Island * Char Mantaz * Rangabali *

Dublar Char Dublar Char is an island in Bangladesh with an area of 66.5 km2, located in the Bagerhat District of the Khulna Division. It's a tourist destination inside Sundarban. Only Teletalk Internet & Mobile Network is available here. Fisherman live ...

Burir Char Burir Char is a Union of Barguna Sadar Upazila, Barguna District in the Barisal Division of southern-central Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-mos ...

* Pakhkhir Char * Dimer Char * Char Bagala

Northern Bay of Bengal

Bhola Island Bhola Island (also called Dakhin Shahbazpur) is the largest island of Bangladesh with an area of 1,441 km2. It is most of the land area of Bhola District in Barisal Division. Geography It is situated at the mouth of the Meghna River. Ther ...

, the country's largest island *

Ballar Char Ballar is a village in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the bo ...

Sandwip Sandwip ( bn, সন্দ্বীপ, Shondip) is an island located along the southeastern coast of Bangladesh in the Chattogram District. Along with the island of Urir Char, it is a part of the Sandwip Upazila. Description Sandwip is locate ...

Urirchar Urir Char ( bn, উড়িরচর) is an inhabited island in the Bay of Bengal. It is also a union parishad of Sandwip Upazila under Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Geography This river island is located north of Sa ...

Vegetation succession at the Bhashan Char, Jahajer char, and Sandwip islands BD Kabir

* Swarna Dweep (Jahajer Chor/ Jahejjar chor) * Hatiya *

Manpura Island Manpura Island is an island in the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, at the mouth of the Meghna river. It consists of Manpura upazila, Bhola District. The island has an area of 373 km2. Other major offshore islands of this region are Bhola ...

Char Sakuchia Char may refer to: People *Char Fontane, American actress *Char Margolis, American spiritualist * René Char (1907–1988), French poet *The Char family of Colombia: ** Fuad Char, Colombian senator ** Alejandro Char Chaljub, mayor of Barranquilla ...

Char Nizam Char Nizam, also known as Char Nizam Kalkini, is a remote island in the Meghna river delta in the Bhola district of Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth- ...

Char Kukri Mukri Kukri Mukri is an island (char) of Char Kukri Mukri union, Bhola District, in southern Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the ...

* Char Lakshmi * Char Montaz *

* Dal Char * Char Gazi * Char Faizuddin

Eastern Bay of Bengal

St. Martin's Island Saint Martin Island ( bn, সেন্টমার্টিন দ্বীপ) is a small island (area only 3 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 fo ...

Chhera island Chhera Island, also called Chhera Dwip, Cheradia Island or Cheridia Island, is an uninhabited island and extension of St. Martin's Island at the mouth of the Naf River in the Bay of Bengal, within the Chittagong Division of southeastern Bangladesh ...

* Jaliadwip *

Kutubdia Kutubdia ( bn, কুতুবদিয়া) is an upazila of Cox's Bazar District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The upazila consists of an island in the Bay of Bengal, off the coast near Chakaria, Cox's Bazar. History A police s ...

* Maheshkhali Island *

Sonadia Sonadia Island is a small island of about , offshore of the Cox's Bazar coast in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh. Sonadia is located at Kutubjom Union in Maheshkhali Upazila, 15 km north-west of Cox's Bazar District Headquarters. It is locat ...

* Urir Char

Disappeared islands

Islands that were previously existent but have now disappeared. * Bholar Dweep, a small islet situated between

Teknaf Teknaf ( bn, টেকনাফ ''Ṭeknaf'') is an upazila of Cox's Bazar District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It forms the southernmost point in mainland Bangladesh (St. Martin's Island is the southernmost point). The name of the ...

and

, disappeared in 1861. * South Talpatti Island was disputed between

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and

. The

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reported it submerged by March 2010.

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Islands An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

Western Bay of Bengal

Northern Bay of Bengal

Eastern Bay of Bengal

Disappeared islands

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