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Black rocks Two Rocks Outer Rocks (W India)

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Localisation

Mer du Nord
Ten degrees channel (India)
Arabian Sea
West coast of India
Black rocks Two Rocks Outer Rocks (W India)
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Characteristics

Island / Atoll

Description

The coast between Malpe and New Mangalore, about 26 miles SSE, is straight and fringed with coconut trees.

Black Rocks, 13m high and conspicuous, lie about 4 miles S of Malpe.

Two rocks, 3m high, and two rocks, 5m high, lie about 0.5 mile NW and 0.2 mile WSW, respectively, of Black Rocks.

Outer Rocks, 13m high and prominent, lie about 1 mile SW of Black Rocks.

Caution.—Vessels in the vicinity of Black Rocks and Outer Rocks should not enter depths of less than about 15m by day or 22m by night.
2012/03/13
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Saint Mary Isles (W India)

4.9nm
348°
The coast between Coondapoor and Malpe, about 17.5 miles S, is fringed by coconut trees and broken only by the mouth of the Sita Nadi River. The Saint Mary Isles consist of Coconut Island, Middle Rock, Entrance Rock, and the Darya Bahadurgarh Islands.Passage between the islands is ...
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Darya Bahadurgah Islands (S Mary Islands-W India)

3.8nm
355°
The Darya Bahadurgah Islands consist of three islands.
North Island, 15m high at its SE end, is marked by Malpe Light, shown from a conspicuous square tower on the summit of the island.
Darya Bahadurgah Island, 16m high, lies about 183m SE of North Island.South Island lies about ...
12 Mar 12
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Coconut Island (St mary's Islands-W India)

5.7nm
350°
Coconut Island, about 2.5 miles NW of Malpe, is well-wooded, with trees about 26m high. Foul ground surrounds the island and extends about 0.8 mile WNW to a rock which dries 2m. A rock, 2m high, lies about 2 miles NW of the island and a chain of rocks, above and below-water, extend ...
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Malpe port (W India)

4.2nm
6°
Malpe is a natural, important and fishing port on the Karnataka coast. Malpe is also a town situated on the N side of the mouth of the Udyavara river.
Malpe has four small jetties, accommodating vessels up to 33m long with a draft up to 3.7m. The open roadstead W of Malpe is afforded ...
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Kap light (W India)

4.1nm
140°
Kap Light, about 8 miles SSE of Malpe, is shown from a white tall masonry tower with black bands standing on a rock near a battery in ruins.
Kap Rock, 13m high, is prominent about 1.5 miles NNW of the light. A rock, 1m high, with a drying rock close NE, lies about 1 mile SSW of ...
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Suratkal Point Light (W India)

17nm
160°
Suratkal Point Light, with a racon, is shown from a 36m high white masonry tower with black bands standing on Suratkal Point, about 5 miles S of the entrance to the Mulki River.
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