
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
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 bet ...
, within the
Chittagong Division
Chittagong Division, officially known as Chattogram Division, is geographically the largest of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It covers the south-easternmost areas of the country, with a total area of and a population at the 2 ...
of southeastern
Bangladesh
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. Chhera Island is the southernmost island of
Bangladesh
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Description
During
high tides it is divided from St. Martin's Island by the sea. During low tides, the island can be reached by walking for about 2½ hours from St. Martin's Island.
The most popular travel mode to it is by local motorboat or tourist boat services.
Washed up
coral
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secre ...
s can be found on the island's beaches. It has an area of
shrub and
palm tree
The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm tre ...
vegetation. No permanent settlement is established on the island.
See also
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List of islands of Bangladesh
References
External links
Islands of the Bay of Bengal
Uninhabited islands of Bangladesh
Chittagong Division
Cox's Bazar District
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