
St. Martin's Island is a small island in the North-east part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km to the south of Cox's Bazar, Teknaf peninsula. The local name of the coral island is '
Narikel Jinjira' (Coconut Island) and named after a British provincial goverÂnor. St. Martin's Island is the most popular tourist spot for the sea lover.
Country's only coral island, and one of its highlights. Between 1890 and 1900, about 60 people settled on the island, which has now grown to a population of around 7000. The majority of the island's inhabitants are Islamic, and live primarily off fishing.
This island has an area of about 8 sq km, which reduces to about 5 sq km during high tide. The main island to the north, Uttar Para, gradually narrows several kilometres southÂward, to a point where it's roughly 100m wide. Three smaller islands, Zinjira, GalaÂchira and Ciradia are located just south of the main island. At low tide they're esÂsentially one body of land, connected to the main island by a narrow strip of land.
There is an Another island nearer to the St. Martin's island named by
Chhera Dwip. The most of the local people are Fisherman. So, visiting the St. Martin's island is an excursion and as well as healthy too.