Darya Bahadurgah Islands (S Mary Islands-W India)

Darya Bahadurgah Islands (S Mary Islands-W India)

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Darya Bahadurgah Islands (S Mary Islands-W India)
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Characteristics

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Mud
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Description

The Darya Bahadurgah Islands consist of three islands.

North Island, 15m high at its SE end, is marked by Malpe Light, shown from a conspicuous square tower on the summit of the island.

Darya Bahadurgah Island, 16m high, lies about 183m SE of North Island.

South Island lies about 0.2 mile SE of Darya Bahadurgah Island and has a rock, with a least depth of 3.7m, about 0.2 mile SSE of it.

Caution.—Vessels in the vicinity of Black Rocks and Outer Rocks should not enter depths of less than about 15m by day or 22m by night.

Anchorage can be obtained, in 9m, mud, about 1 mile WNW of the light structure on North Island. Small vessels can anchor, in 6m, sand and mud, with the light structure bearing 185°, distant 0.5 mile. Small vessels can anchor, in 6.1m, mud and sand, about 0.5 mile E of the summit of South Island.


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Saint Mary Isles (W India)

1.3nm
324°
The coast between Coondapoor and Malpe, about 17.5 miles S, is fringed by coconut trees and broken only by the mouth of the Sita Nadi River. The Saint Mary Isles consist of Coconut Island, Middle Rock, Entrance Rock, and the Darya Bahadurgarh Islands.Passage between the islands is ...
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Black rocks Two Rocks Outer Rocks (W India)

3.8nm
175°
The coast between Malpe and New Mangalore, about 26 miles SSE, is straight and fringed with coconut trees.
Black Rocks, 13m high and conspicuous, lie about 4 miles S of Malpe.
Two rocks, 3m high, and two rocks, 5m high, lie about 0.5 mile NW and 0.2 mile WSW, respectively, of ...
13 Mar 12
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Coconut Island (St mary's Islands-W India)

1.9nm
338°
Coconut Island, about 2.5 miles NW of Malpe, is well-wooded, with trees about 26m high. Foul ground surrounds the island and extends about 0.8 mile WNW to a rock which dries 2m. A rock, 2m high, lies about 2 miles NW of the island and a chain of rocks, above and below-water, extend ...
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Malpe port (W India)

0.8nm
65°
Malpe is a natural, important and fishing port on the Karnataka coast. Malpe is also a town situated on the N side of the mouth of the Udyavara river.
Malpe has four small jetties, accommodating vessels up to 33m long with a draft up to 3.7m. The open roadstead W of Malpe is afforded ...
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Kap light (W India)

7.5nm
157°
Kap Light, about 8 miles SSE of Malpe, is shown from a white tall masonry tower with black bands standing on a rock near a battery in ruins.
Kap Rock, 13m high, is prominent about 1.5 miles NNW of the light. A rock, 1m high, with a drying rock close NE, lies about 1 mile SSW of ...
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Coondapoor Light (W India)

17nm
357°
Coondapoor Light is shown from a steel mast, about 0.8 mile S of the entrance, from September 16 to May 15. It is difficult to distinguish from other white lights nearby.
12 Mar 12
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