ST.Martin's Iland St. Martin's Island ( Bengali : সেন্ট মার্টিন্স দ্বীপ ) is a small island (area only 8 km 2 ) 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 Dwip . It is about 8 kilometres (5 miles) west of the northwest coast of Myanmar , at the mouth of the Naf River . The first settlement started 250 years ago by Arabian sailors who named the island 'Jazeera'. During British occupation the island was named St. Martin Island. During the First Anglo-Burmese War between the British and Burmese empires in 1824–1826, rival claims to the island were a major factor. The local names of the island are "Narikel jinjira" [3] which means 'Coconut Island' in Bengali , and "Daruchini Dwip". It is the only coral island in Bangladesh
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