St. Martin (island) is the only coral island in bangladesh. A small island St. Martin is the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the cox's bazar Teknaf peninsuala. It is about west 8 km of the northest coast of Mayanmar at the mouth of the Naf River. Also called (the local name) "Najrical Ginjira" also spelled "Narical Jinjina/jinjira" and has an extansion named chra dwip.
Saint Martin's island is very popular tourists spot. Now 3(three) shipping liners run everyday trips to the island, including sea-truck and keary-sinbad. If you want to visit this land you can book your trip either from chittagong of cox's bazar. Last 5 years St. Martin's visitor population has increased dramatically. While this situation has proven to be lucrative for the island, it is causing the natural beauty of the island to deteriorarte. presently there are many efforts being put forth to preserve the several endagered specious of tourtless that nest on the island, as well as the corals some of which are found only one narkal jinjira. Pieces of the coral reef are being removed in order to be sold to tourists. Nesting trtless are sometimes taken for food, And there hatcohlings are often distructed by the twinkling lights along the beache. Specious of fish, a few just recently discovered, are being over fished. Every year the fisherman must venture further out to sea to get their catch. Most of them use motorless boats.
At high tide the island is about 3 miles around and pinched in the middle. The island exists only because of its coral base, so removal of that coral risks erosion of the beaches. St. Martins lost houghly 25% of its coral reef in the past years.
welcome to St. Martin's island - we to keep this beautiful coral island is very close to the sarface. So the water can easily get contaminated by open defecation and result in spreading water borne diseases like diarrhea. A study showed that the water of this area contain germs to folds more them that of normal level. Please dispose off all kinds of wastes in the dustbins kept in different places. Your support is realy required to maintain the biodiversity of this island.
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