Talk:St. Mary's Islands

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Did you know... that St. Mary's Islands, Karnataka, known for the distinctive geological formation of columnar basaltic lava, are a set of four small islands in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Malpe?

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Proof[edit]

Vascodagama landing on those islands are just a doubtful theory.No records or proofs are available to this.

Also wikipedia is not a tourist brochure.What do you mean by the last section?

Provide citations or this statements will be deleted soon.

ARUNKUMAR P.R (talk · contribs) 07:03, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Addressed.. And it would be good if you could calm down and stop accusing each and everyone. I have already warned you on your talk page -- ¿Amar៛^{Talk to me/My edits}08:44, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Revisions (July 26, 2008)[edit]

I have edited this article for spelling, grammar and syntax. I have also added a link to the Columnar Basalt web page Geological Survey of India.

I have added two "citation needed" tags:

The first tag is for the statement about the dimensions of St. Mary's Isles. Without a citation the dimensions are unverifiable, and therefore seem to be original research.
The second tag is for the statement regarding the laminar flow of lava having caused the basalt formations. I am not an expert in the field of geology, so I cannot verify the accuracy of the causal scenario described. However, the link (reference 2) to the Geological Survey of India (GSI) does contain some information regarding the formation of the basalt columns. I would appreciate it if someone with knowledge of geology would correct/reference the statement of the cause of the columns. Otherwise, I will revise it with inferences from the GSI link.

Idunno271828 (talk) 08:33, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted the two abovementioned unreferenced sentences which had "citation needed" tags. idunno271828 (talk) 06:08, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Name of this island[edit]

St Mary's island is named as Coconut island. There is a sign put up by ASI at the site. I have a photograph of the same.--Biker48 (talk) 11:40, 8 March 2009 (UTC)biker48[reply]