St. Martin's Island ( A beautiful Island in Bangladesh )

St. Martin's Island

The first settlement started 250 years ago by Arabian sailors who named the island 'Jazeera'. During British occupation the island was named St. Martin Island

St. Martin's Island (Bengali: সেন্ট মার্টিন্স দ্বীপ) is a small island area only 8 km2 in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar

The only way to reach St. Martin's Island is by water transportation: boats and ships (mostly for tourists) from Teknaf.
From 1989 to 2004, non-residential Bangladeshis and foreigners were the only people permitted on the island.

St. Martin's Island has become a popular tourist spot.

Also a danger place in this Island
On October 7, 1998 between three and five Bangladeshi fishermen were killed by Burmese Navy forces just off the coast of St. Martin's Island.