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Natural beauty of St. Martin Island
Geography
Location Bay of Bengal
Coordinates 20°37′38.12″N 92°19′21.28″E / 20.6272556°N 92.3225778°E / 20.6272556; 92.3225778
Area 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Administration
Bangladesh
Demographics
Population 7,000
Pop. density 875 /km2 (2,266 /sq mi)

St. Martin's Island is a small island (about 8 square kilometres) in the northeast of the Bay of Bengal. It is about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula, and is the southernmost part of Bangladesh. There is a small connected island that is separated at high tide, called Chhera Island. It is about 8 km west of the northwest coast of Myanmar, at the mouth of the Naf River.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Isla de San Martín (Bangladés) para niños

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