Tourist place St. Martin's Island

St.Martin's Island

One of the richest island of the world,St. Martin's Island is a small area in the north-east part of the Bay of Bengal,about nine km south of the Cox's Bazar - Teknaf peninsular tip in the south most part of Bangladesh.Local peoplecall it Narikel Jinjira as it produces coconut ( Narikel ) in huge scale. There are a number of separated tiny islets ranging from 100 to 500 sq. m . The most beautiful one is called Chheradia meaning separated island. The population is about 3700 and most of them are fieshermen of St. Martin's Island. In the island seneral living coral are found in small sheltered pools very near to the low tide levels of the sea. Interestingly researchers have detected the oldest fossil coral here of 33,234 year old. November to february is the most conveient time to visit this beautiful island.