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 about 3.5 miles farther NNE.
Middle Rock, 4m high, lies about 1 mile SSE of Coconut Island. Foul ground extends up to 0.2 mile W and NW of Middle Rock.
Entrance Rock, 1.2m high, lies at the S end of a rocky ridge extending about 0.2 mile S of Middle Rock.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 about 3.5 miles farther NNE.
