Ghorāmāra Island
Ghoramara Island is an island 92 km south of Kolkata, India in the Sundarban Delta complex of the Bay of Bengal. The island is small, roughly five square kilometers in area, and is quickly disappearing due to erosion and sea level rise.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Ghoramara” and “Ghoramara Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kakdwip.
Kakdwip
Photo: Forever.saha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kakdwip is a town in the southeast region of West Bengal, India. It acts as a waypoint to Bakkhali and Sagar with several hotels, restrooms and other amenities.
Ghorāmāra Island
- Categories: village in India, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
21.91332° or 21° 54′ 48″ northLongitude
88.1292° or 88° 7′ 45″ eastPopulation
5,190Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
7MHCW47H+8MOpenStreetMap ID
way 755645645OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
Discover Ghorāmāra Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Tamil—“Ghorāmāra Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ghoramara”
- Bengali: “ঘোড়ামারা দ্বীপ”
- Bengali: “ঘোড়ামারা”
- Cebuano: “Ghorāmāra Island”
- Dutch: “Ghoramara”
- German: “Ghoramara”
- Hindi: “घोरामारा”
- Ladin: “Ghoramara”
- Panjabi: “ਘੋਰਾਮਾਰਾ ਟਾਪੂ”
- Spanish: “Isla Ghoramara”
- Swedish: “Ghorāmāra Island”
- Tamil: “கோரமாரா தீவு”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ghoramara and Khasimara.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jetty and Lot 8 Hardwood Point, LCD Jetty.
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