Data Web on Island Environment and Protection (DWIEP)
Coastal and Oceanic Island Database of India
INAP018
Unnamed Islets
The island is located off the coast of Yanam, Puducherry UT. The nearest villages are Gadimoga and Bairava Lanka.
Yanam town is built on the spot where the rivers of Godavari and Koringa separate and is bounded on the east and south by either of the rivers.
Continental Island
Puducherry (UT)
Bay of Bengal (Island is located off the coast of Yanam, Puducherry UT)
16°43'22.80" N82°18'11.88" E
1.65 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 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)
Low lying water logged area
1.0 m
Clayey, deltaic alluvial, coastal sandy and lateritic soil (Yanam district)
Dug well, tube/bore well, tanks/ponds and canals (Yanam district)
Water bearing formations are sandstones and alluvium. Water table during pre-monsoon is between 1.02 to 20.55 mbgl while the post -monsoon level varies between 0.28 to 6.28 mbgl (East Godavari district).
Uninhabited
Nil
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5.6 km
1.1 m
Less than 3.0 m
No information available
Telephone system - mobile cellular Broadcast media - internet
The island can be raached by boat from Bhairavapalem village
Kakinada Port
28 km from Kakinada Port
1.5 km from Bhairavaplaem village
68 km from Rajamundry Airport
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Mangrove with associates and other species
Crustaceans, molluscs, fishes and sea birds
No information available
Littoral forest
No
Mangrove and mudflat
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) as per the Wind and Cyclone Vulnerability map of India.
The probable maximum surge height of this region is 4.5 to 5.5 m based on the Flood hazard map of India.
(Source: NDMA, 2016)
Coastal pollution, seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers