Coco Islands

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For the the Australian islands by the similar name see Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Location of the Andaman island arc.

Andaman Islands, with Coco Islands at the extreme top of the map.

Coco Islands, belonging to Myanmar, in the Indian Ocean are separated from North Andaman Island (India) by the Coco Channel. With the Alexandra Channel between them, Coco Islands consist of the main Great Coco Island (Coco Island) and the smaller Little Coco Island, and they are a part of the Andaman island arc. The Bay of Bengal lies to the west and the Andaman Sea to the east of the islands.

1 Great Coco Island
2 Little Coco Island
3 See also
4 Source

[edit] Great Coco Island

Great Coco Island ( 14°07′00″N, 93°22′03″E) is approx. 10 km long and 2 km wide.

Many green turtles nest on the beaches of the Great Coco Island. A series of research programs on marine turtle conservation have been conducted by Myanmar's Department of Fisheries. Data collection on tissue samples of green turtles for population genetic and tagging studies was conducted at Great Coco Island from March to April 2006. Prior to this, Great Coco Island had never been surveyed for marine turtle conservation by Department of Fisheries due to its remote location. The survey found an estimated 150 sea turtles nesting and between 90,000 and 100,000 hatchlings and juveniles.