![]() ![]() Millennia ago, the island used to be an extension of the Teknaf peninsula, but at a later time some portion of this peninsula got submerged and thus the southernmost part of the aforementioned peninsula became an island, and was disconnected from the Bangladesh mainland. It is about 8 kilometres (5 miles) west of the northwest coast of Myanmar, at the mouth of the Naf River. There is a small adjoining island that is separated at high tide, called Chera Dwip. Saint Martin Island ( Bengali: সেন্টমার্টিন দ্বীপ) is a small island (area only 3 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. White and red horizontal bands, white and red horizontal daymark on the top Square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern
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