Bholar Dweep
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Bholar Dweep was an island of Bangaladesh situated between present day Teknaf
and St. Martin's Island
in the Bay of Bengal
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The island disappeared in 1861. A local professor pointed out the reason might have been an undersea quake or some sort of upheaval.
Teknaf Upazila
Teknaf is an Upazila of Cox's Bazar District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It forms the southernmost point in mainland Bangladesh . The name of the region comes from the Naf River which forms the Eastern boundary of the upazila.-Geography:Teknaf is located at...
and St. Martin's Island
St. Martin's Island
St. Martin's Island is a small island in the northheast 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. It is not a coral island in Bangladesh. It is about 8 km west of the northwest coast of...
in the Bay of Bengal
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the...
.
The island disappeared in 1861. A local professor pointed out the reason might have been an undersea quake or some sort of upheaval.