The Island
The Island, also called as Island Grounds, is a river island situated on the Cooum River in the northern part of the Indian city of Chennai. The island was created artificially in the early 19th century by merging the Coovum River with the then "Elambore River".Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: river island on the Coovum River in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as: “Island Grounds”, “Island Grounds, Chennai”, and “The Island, Chennai”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort St. George and Chennai Central railway station.
Fort St. George
Photo: L.vivian.richard, Public domain.
Fort St. George is a fortress at the coastal city of Chennai, India. Founded in 1639, it was the first English fortress in India. The construction of the fort provided the impetus for further settlements and trading activity, in what was originally an uninhabited land.
Chennai Central railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bellus Delphina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chennai Central, is a railway station in Chennai, India. It is one of the busiest railway stations in South India and a major rail hub in the country. It is classified as a NSG–1 category station and comes under the purview of the Chennai railway division of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.
Marina Beach
Beach
Photo: PlaneMad, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Marina Beach, or simply the Marina, is a natural urban beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, along the Bay of Bengal. The beach runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Foreshore Estate in the south, a distance of 6.0 km, making it the second longest urban beach in the world, after Cox's Bazar Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chennai and Central Chennai.
Chennai
Chennai, formerly Madras, is the capital of the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. With a population of 8.6 million, Chennai's urbanised area is the most populous in Southern India and the fourth most populous in India.
Central Chennai
Photo: Aleksandr Zykov, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Central Chennai is the modern city centre of Chennai between Coovum and Adyar rivers. It is home to Santhome Church, Marina Beach and the Tamil film industry Kollywood.
North Chennai
Photo: Bellus Delphina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Chennai is the oldest part of the metropolis. North Chennai is one of the best preserved Art Deco architectural areas in India. It is also Chennai's oldest central business district though it has long since given way to Central Chennai.
The Island
- Categories: river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.0753° or 13° 4′ 31″ northLongitude
80.279° or 80° 16′ 44″ eastOpen location code
7M5237GH+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1272165881OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandWikidata ID
Q7742663
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tamil—“The Island” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “The Island, Chennai”
- Tamil: “தீவு (சென்னை)”
- Tamil: “தீவு”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Island Grounds and CMWSSB Division 59.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palmgrove Sports Complex and Ecological Park and Sri Bodyguard Muneeswarar Temple.
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