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Native name: সেন্টমার্টিন দ্বীপ (Senṭmarṭin dip) নারিকেল জিঞ্জিরা (Narikel jinjira) দারুচিনি দ্বীপ (Daruchini dip) | |
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Geography | |
Location | Bay of Bengal |
Coordinates | 20°36′47″N 92°19′36″E / 20.61306°N 92.32667°E |
Area | 3 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
Length | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
Width | 0.5 km (0.31 mi) |
Administration | |
District | Cox's Bazar District |
Demographics | |
Population | 8000 |
Saint Martin Island Lighthouse Narikel Jinjira | |
Foundation | concrete base |
Construction | metal skeletal tower[1] |
Height | 35 m (115 ft) |
Shape | square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern[1] |
Markings | white and red horizontal bands, white and red horizontal daymark on the top[1][2] |
Operator | Bangladesh Department of Shipping[1] |
Racon | M |
Focal height | 39 m (128 ft) |
Range | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 37s |
Saint Martin Island (Bengali: সেন্টমার্টিন দ্বীপ, romanized: Senṭmarṭin dip) 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 forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh. There is a small adjoining island that is separated at high tide, called Chera Dip. It is about 8 kilometres (5 miles) west of the northwest coast of Myanmar, at the mouth of the Naf River.