Chetlat

Chetlat, Lakshadweep

The small island of Chetlat (shown here in false-colour) is located 35 km northwest from kiltan, on the northern edge of the Amindivi Islands group.

The 1.2 km² island (1.2 km by 0.4 km) lies upon the eastern edge of a small emergent reef platform; to the west a shallow lagoon extends for some 2 km.

image: millenium coral reefs landsat archive/usf millenium global coral reef mapping project/nasa seawifs/nasa jsc

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