Basavrajdurg Island (Baswaraj Drug) is 51m high and conspicuous. It is the site of an old fort, in ruins, and is covered with trees and bushwood.
Indravati Patch, about 0.6 mile W of Basavrajdurg Island, is a rocky shoal with a depth of 4.6m; a 5m patch lies midway between the rocky shoal and the island.
Kumta Point (Kumpta Point), marked by a light, shown from mid-September to mid-June, lies at the N entrance to a creek, with the town of Kumta about 1.5 miles E. Snail Rock, 7m high, lies about 1.8 miles NW of the point, and 0.8 mile offshore; it resembles a snail when seen from N.A ...
Belekeri Bay (Roads) has depths of less than 5m. Foul ground extends about 0.7 mile W of Belekeri Point, a low, flat, and rocky point at the head of the bay. Several small islets lie close N and about 0.2 mile WSW of the point.
The coast between Honavar and the entrance to the Bhatkal River, is low and sandy with some rocky points. A ridge, reaching an elevation of about 150m, extends about 2 miles along the coast from a position about 3 miles S of Honavar. The ridge is covered with brushwood and contrasts ...
Netrani (Pigeon Island), about 9 miles W of Shirali, and 10 NM of Murudeshwara, is a coral island, wooded and flat-topped with a conspicuous summit, 101m high. It is steep-to except for a rock, 16m high, off its S end, and a rocky shoal close E of the island. This Island has some ...
Kerekund, a rocky islet 19m high, lies about 4 miles S of Murdeshvar and on the W edge of the coastal reef. A rock, 3m high, and a rock, 7m high, lie about 0.5 mile NNE and SE, respectively, of the islet. Between Kerekund and Bhatkal Fort, about 4.5 miles SE, the low and sandy ...
This port is well - protected port on the bank of Bhatkal river. Presently fishing vessels are utilising the facilities of this port. Caution.—When approaching the port of Bhatkal, do not proceed into depths of less than 18.3m ...