Chetlat Island
Encyclopedia
Chetlat Island is a coral
island belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Lakshadweep
archipelago
in India
. It is located 37 km to the northwest of Kiltan Island. The reef and lagoon are located to the west of the Island and the total dry land area is 1.14 km².
twisting was the traditional occupation of the inhabitants and average Chetlat coir used to be equal to first-class coir of the other islands in Lakshadweep. Local history says that islanders were cruelly treated by the Portuguese
seafarers.
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
island belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep , formerly known as the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, is a group of islands in the Laccadive Sea, 200 to 440 km off the coast of the South West Indian state of Kerala...
archipelago
Archipelago
An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is located 37 km to the northwest of Kiltan Island. The reef and lagoon are located to the west of the Island and the total dry land area is 1.14 km².
Population
CoirCoir
Coir is a natural fibre extracted from the husk of coconut and used in products such as floor mats, doormats, brushes, mattresses etc. Technically coir is the fibrous material found between the hard, internal shell and the outer coat of a coconut. Other uses of brown coir are in upholstery...
twisting was the traditional occupation of the inhabitants and average Chetlat coir used to be equal to first-class coir of the other islands in Lakshadweep. Local history says that islanders were cruelly treated by the Portuguese
Portuguese
Portuguese is an adjective referring to matters related to Portugal. It may refer to:* Portuguese language, natively spoken in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, East Timor and other countries**including Portuguese dialects...
seafarers.
External links
- Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)
- Lagoon sizes
- Chetlat - Geographical information
- Chetlat - Oceandots
- List of Atolls
- An ornithological expedition to the Lakshadweep archipelago
- Sources towards a history of the Laccadive Islands
- FAO - An analysis of the carrying Capacity of Lakshadweep Coral Reefs