Pigeon Island
A small heart shaped island in the Arabian Sea, nineteen kilometres off the Karnataka coast.
- Where
- Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 14.0173, 74.3269
Get the Pigeon Island stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Pigeon Island. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Karnataka volume with your photos and a note.
Near Pigeon Island
Murudeshwar 19 km
A forty metre Shiva on a headland with the Arabian Sea on three sides, visible from far down the coast road.
Honnavar 32 km
A port at the mouth of the Sharavathi, with mangrove boardwalks, a backwater of islands and Eco Beach at the end of the road.
Maravanthe Beach 48 km
Sea on one side of the highway, river on the other.
Mirjan Fort 53 km
A laterite fort on the Aghanashini, built by a pepper queen, and green with moss.
Kollur Mookambika 55 km
The temple students come to before exams.
Om Beach 56 km
Two joined crescents of sand that from the headland read as the syllable Om, next to a temple town.
Jog Falls 57 km
The Sharavathi in four separate falls of two hundred and fifty metres, at their fullest only in monsoon.
Gokarna Mahabaleshwar Temple 59 km
The atma lingam Ravana put down and could not lift.
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Questions
Where is Pigeon Island?
Pigeon Island is in Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Murudeshwar (19 km), Honnavar (32 km), Maravanthe Beach (48 km).
How do I get the Pigeon Island stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Pigeon Island and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Karnataka volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Pigeon Island before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Karnataka volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.