Talpatti Island

The island is located in the coastal shallow seas south of the border marked by the Hariabhanga river flowing between Satkhira district of Bangladesh and South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. The island lies at 21.37 N latitude and 89.12 E longitude.

South Talpatti Island as it is known in

Bangladesh or New Moore Island or Purbasha in India is a small uninhabited offshore island that emerged in the Bay of Bengal in the aftermath of the Bhola cyclone in 1970. There is no permanent settlement or any other station located on the island. It is situated only two kilometers from the mouth of the Hariabhanga river.

The island is claimed by both Bangladesh and India, although neither country has established any permanent settlement there because of the island's geographical instability. The first remote sensing image of the island taken by an American satellite in 1974 showed the island to have an area of 2,500 sq meters (27,000 sq ft). Later, various remote sensing surveys showed that the island had expanded gradually to an area of about 10,000 sq meters (110,000 sq ft).