Saint Mary's Islands
India /
Karnataka /
Malpe /
St.Mary's Island
World
/ India
/ Karnataka
/ Malpe
World / India / Karnataka / Dakshin Kannad
island, tourist attraction
Vasco Da Gama christened the island as "Santa Maria" in 1498 and later reached Calicut.
The beaches here are pristine and unique. This island consists of beautiful beaches and crystalized basalt rock formations. The rock formations are one of rarely found in the world. Eastern beach boasts of virgin sands, western beach is entirely made of sea shells. Uninhabited, the rocks have exactly circular holes, due to unknown flabbergasting reasons.
The island lacks attention from local state tourism. It is largely neglected from transforming into a popular tourist destination. You can reach here from Malpe Beach, Udupi by 30 minutes boat ride.
The beaches here are pristine and unique. This island consists of beautiful beaches and crystalized basalt rock formations. The rock formations are one of rarely found in the world. Eastern beach boasts of virgin sands, western beach is entirely made of sea shells. Uninhabited, the rocks have exactly circular holes, due to unknown flabbergasting reasons.
The island lacks attention from local state tourism. It is largely neglected from transforming into a popular tourist destination. You can reach here from Malpe Beach, Udupi by 30 minutes boat ride.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary's_Islands
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 13°22'43"N 74°40'23"E
- Herikudru 30 km
- Hattikudru 30 km
- Uppinakudru 32 km
- Valiyaparamba Island 139 km
- Valiyaparamba 145 km
- Edailakkade 147 km
- MADAKKAL 150 km
- Kavvayi island 152 km
- Thekkumbadu 169 km
- Muzhappilangad Drive-In-Beach 193 km
- THOTTAM(BADANIDIYOOR)BEACH 2.5 km
- Malpe Beach 2.7 km
- my play ground [gambhir] 3.1 km
- QUATRES 3.2 km
- Badanidiyoor 3.3 km
- gujjerpet 3.9 km
- Kambla Field. 4.1 km
- Hoode 4.2 km
- Kemmannu Paradise of 4 beaches 4.8 km
- Kemmannu 6 km
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