Template:Infobox islands Chetlat Island is a coral island belonging to the Amindivi Subgroup of islands of the Lakshadweep archipelago in India. It has a distance of Template:Convert west of the city of Kochi.
History
Local history says that islanders were cruelly treated by Portuguese seafarers in the past.[1]
Coir twisting was the traditional occupation of the inhabitants and average Chetlat coir used to be equal to first-class coir of the other islands in Lakshadweep.[2]
Geography
Chetlat is one of the populated islands of Lakshadweep. It is located 37 km to the northwest of Kiltan Island. The reef and lagoon are located to the west of the island and the total dry land area is Template:Convert.[3] There is a small scale yearly growing sand spit on the northern point of the island. It has a lagoon area of Template:Convert.
Administration
Chetlat is the sole inhabited island of the township of Chetlat Island of Aminidivi Tehsil.[4]
Economics
The inhabitants on the island are engaged in very small scale farming and fishing which are mainly for the island consumption.
Transportation
The island has a small jetty on the west coast and a helipad on southpoint.
Image gallery
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Satellite picture showing the atolls of the Lakshadweep except for Minicoy
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Map
References
- ↑ Chetlat. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ↑ R. H. Ellis, A short account of the Laccadive Islands and Minicoy, AES reprint 1992
- ↑ Hydrographic Description (Indian Ocean Pilot)
- ↑ Tehsils info. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
External links
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- Lagoon sizes
- Chetlat - Geographical information
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- List of Atolls Template:Webarchive
- An ornithological expedition to the Lakshadweep archipelago
- Sources towards a history of the Laccadive Islands
- FAO - An analysis of the carrying Capacity of Lakshadweep Coral Reefs