Bihanga Island

Bihanga Island is located at Patharghata Upazila in Barguna District. It is an island of Baleshwari River. Although the island was discovered long ago, it was recently^[when?] named Bihanga Island. The name Bihanga in Bengali language means Bird. To the locals it is known as the Dhanseer Char. At one time, the island had a lot of Dhanshee plants. It is located close to the World Heritage Sunderbans.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Geography[]

World Heritage Sundarbans in the west, Patharghata Upazila in the east, Chordwani Union and some parts of Sunderbans in the north and Baleshwari river in the south between the Bay of Bengal.

References[]

^ বলেশ্বরের বুকে জেগে ওঠা ‘বিহঙ্গ দ্বীপ’. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali).
^ বরগুনার বিহঙ্গ দ্বীপ. Archived from the original on 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
^ http://www.patharghatanews.com/179

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[1] বলেশ্বরের বুকে জেগে ওঠা ‘বিহঙ্গ দ্বীপ’. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali).

[2] বরগুনার বিহঙ্গ দ্বীপ. Archived from the original on 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2019-09-20.

[3] ttp://www.patharghatanews.com/179

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