Data Web on Island Environment and Protection (DWIEP)
Coastal and Oceanic Island Database of India
INAP017
Unnamed Islets
Situated on the East Godavari deltas. The island is an extension of the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary and is covered with dense mangrove vegetation.
Continental Island
Andhra Pradesh State
Bay of Bengal (Island is located on the eastern side of Gadimoga village)
16°44'17.71" N82°20'12.08" E
0.6140 sq.km
Less than 2 sq.km
The island is located near Gadimoga, East Godavari district.
The climate of Gadimoga is categorized as 'Aw', i.e., tropical savannah according to Köppen-Geiger system of climate classification. The annual average temperature is 27.8°C, May being the warmest month at 32.2°C and January the coldest month at 23.1°C. The annual rainfall is 1075 mm with the highest precipitation of 286 mm in October. (Source: climate-data.org)
Water logged marshy land
1.0 m
Clayey and deltaic alluvial soil
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No information available
Uninhabited
Nil
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4 km
1.1 m
Less than 3.0 m
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Telephone system - mobile cellular;
Broadcast media - internet
The island can be reached by boat from Bhairavapalem village
Kakinada Port
30 km from Kakinada Port
3 km from Bhairavapalem village
68 km from Rajamundry Airport
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Sightseeing, Wildlife birds and animals
Boating in mangrove creeks
Dense mangrove with associates and other species
MangroveCrustaceans, molluscs, fishes and sea bird
Mollusc – 22 Nos.Commonly sighted birds within the sanctuary: Little Egret, Pond Heron, Sand Piper, Sea Gulls, Cattle Egret, Red Shank, Purple Heron, Grey Heron, Red - Wattled Lapwing, Brahmini Kite, Small Blue Kingfisher, Night Heron, Crow Pheasant, Open Bill Stork, Black Capped Kingfisher, Little Stint, Flamingos, Little Cormorant. Critically endangered bird species include White-backed Vulture and Long-billed Vulture. Fauna include the Indian smooth coated otter, fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus), nesting ground for Olive ridley Turtles are reported in the Coringa Sanctuary
(Source: Satyanarayana and Krishna, 2017)30 nos of medicinal plants species reported in Coringa mangrove. The species are as follows:
Medicinal Plants:
1. Aegiceras corniculatum
2. Avicennia alba
3. A. marina
4. A. officinalis
5. Bruguiera cylindrica
6. B. gymnorhiza
7. Ceriops decandra
8. Excoccuria agallocha
9. Lummirzenara cemosa
10. Rhizophora apiculata
11. R mucronata
12. Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea
13. Sonneratia alba
14. S. apetala
15. Xylocarpus grantum
16. X. moluccensis
17. Acanthus ilicifolius
18. Aeluropus lagopoides
19. Caesalpinia crista
20. Clerodendrum inerme
21. Albergia spinosa
22. Derris trifoliate
23. Fimbristylis ferruginea
24. Hibiscus tiliaceus
25. Ipomoea pes-caprae
26. I. tuba
27. Suaeda maritime
28. Thespesia populneoides
29. Suaeda nudiflora
30. Tamarix troupii
(Source: Gopal et al., 2016)
Bairavapalem Reserve Forest (extension of Coringa mangrove forest)
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Mangrove and mud flat
Cyclone and flood
As per the Seismic Zone Map of India, this region is categorised under the Moderate Damage Risk Zone III (MSK VII) (Source: NDMA, 2016)
The island comes under the Very High Damage Risk Zone-B (Vb=50m/s) for Wind and Cyclone Vulnerability map of India.
The probable maximum surge height of this region is 4.5 to 5.5 m based on Flood hazard map of India.
(Source: NDMA, 2016)
Coastal pollution and seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers