Buddo Island, also known as Muchaq Island and as ''Dingi'' (); () is an uninhabited island located east of
Bundal Island
Bundal Island (; ), also known as ''Bundle Island'' or ''Bhandar Island'', is an uninhabited island situated southeast of Karachi's peninsular area known as Defence, along the Arabian Sea coastline. Spanning approximately 24km², it is part of ...
and south of
Khiprianwala Island
Khiprianwala Island (; ) is an island located in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
The island lies south of Korangi and Ibrahim Hyderi, bordering Bundal and Buddo Islands at the fringes of the Indus River Delta. Khipr ...
near
Karachi
Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...
, along the
Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea () is a region of sea in the northern Indian Ocean, bounded on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel, on the northwest by Gulf of Oman and Iran, on the north by Pakistan, on the east by India, and ...
coastline. It marks the westernmost edge of the
Indus Delta
The Indus River Delta forms where the Indus River flows into the Arabian Sea, mostly in the southern Sindh province of Pakistan with a small portion in the Kutch Region of India. The delta covers an area of about , and is approximately across ...
.
In 2022, Buddo Island, spanning 3,000 acres, was designated a protected forest under an Act of 1958.
Pakistan Islands Development Authority
Buddo Island is part of $50 billion development of city under
Pakistan Islands Development Authority.
World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P)
Ratto Kot
The island features an
archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...
, believed to be the ruins of the
Sasanian
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-style
fortress
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known as
Ratto Kot, which remains mainly buried beneath
mud
Mud (, or Middle Dutch) is loam, silt or clay mixed with water. Mud is usually formed after rainfall or near water sources. Ancient mud deposits hardened over geological time to form sedimentary rock such as shale or mudstone (generally cal ...
.
See also
*
List of islands of Pakistan
This is a list of islands of Pakistan, organised from west to east.
Balochistan coast
* Several unnamed sandy islets in the Jiwani Coastal Wetland lagoon.
* Manbaar, an islet near Pishukan, between the southwest of Gwadar West Bay and the Arabian ...
*
Bundal Island
Bundal Island (; ), also known as ''Bundle Island'' or ''Bhandar Island'', is an uninhabited island situated southeast of Karachi's peninsular area known as Defence, along the Arabian Sea coastline. Spanning approximately 24km², it is part of ...
References
External links
Pakistan agrees $43bn development
Indus Delta archipelago
Uninhabited islands of Pakistan
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