Willingdon Island (Kochi)

India / Kerala / Thrippunithura / Kochi / Willingdon Island
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Willingdon Island is a man-made island located in Kochi,South India. It is the Oldest and biggest artificial island in the country. The Island was created during construction of modern Kochi Port in 1936 with the soil dredged out while deepening the Vembanad Lake to accommodate the new Kochi Port. It is the home of the Port of Cochin, Port and Customs Offices, the Southern Naval Command of Indian Navy and more than two dozen export-import offices, warehouses as well as few hotels and business centers. It is an artificial island created from It's named after Lord Willingdon, the erstwhile governor of Madras who ordered to commissioning the project. Robert Bristow, the chief protagonist and engineer for the project owned the first building on the island. Today the entire land belongs to Cochin Port Trust and Indian Navy.
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Coordinates:   9°56'52"N   76°16'34"E

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