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 ...
Coondapoor (Kundapur) is an open roadstead off the common entrance of the Haladi River and the Chakranadi River. The coast N of the river entrance consists of low hills up to about 37m high. The coast S of the entrance is flat, sandy, and fringed with coconut trees up to 24m high. A ...
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 ...
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 ...