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  2. V. O. Chidambaranar Port - Wikipedia

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    The V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority is an artificial deep sea harbour formed with rubble mound type parallel breakwaters projecting into sea up to 4 km. The Length of North Breakwater is 4,098.66 m, length of South Breakwater is 3,873.37 m and the distance between breakwaters is 1,275 m.

  3. Thoothukudi - Wikipedia

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    Thoothukudi (formerly called Tuticorin) is a port city, a municipal corporation, and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The city lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal .

  4. List of ports in India - Wikipedia

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    According to Constitution of India, maritime transport is to be administered by both the Central and the State governments. While the central government's shipping ministry administers the major ports, the minor and intermediate ports are administered by the relevant departments or ministries in the nine coastal states of Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha ...

  5. Thoothukudi district - Wikipedia

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    V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority in the district was declared as the tenth major seaport in India also provides container services. Tuticorin Airport is situated at Vaigaikulam and currently has flights to and from Chennai and Bengaluru .

  6. Pearl Fishery Coast - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Pearl Fishery Coast, on the southeast portion of the Indian peninsula. Francis Xavier, in a 19th-century colored lithograph.. The Pearl Fishery Coast refers to a coastal area of southern India, extending along the Coromandel Coast from Tuticorin to Comorin ruled by Paravars [1] and their rulers.

  7. Transport in Thoothukudi - Wikipedia

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    It was declared to be a major port on 11 July 1974. It is second-largest port in Tamil Nadu and fourth-largest container terminal in India. This is the third international port in Tamil Nadu and its second all-weather port. was constituted under the Major Port Authorities Act, 2021. It is an ISO 9001:2008,ISO 14001:2004 and ISPS compliant port.

  8. Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park is a protected area of India consisting of 21 small islands and adjacent coral reefs in the Gulf of Mannar in the Indian Ocean.It lies 1 to 10 km away from the east coast of Tamil Nadu, India for 160 km between Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) and Dhanushkodi.

  9. Kulasekarapattinam - Wikipedia

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    Kulasekharapatnam was an ancient port dating to the 1st century CE and was contemporaneous with the existence of Kollam, Cheran, and Pandyan port. Kollam served the Pandyas on the west coast while the town served them on the east coast connecting them to Ceylon and the pearl fisheries in the Gulf of Mannar facing the Tirunelveli Coast.