Butcher Island

Butcher Island
Butcher Island
Neighbourhood
	Tanker docks at the Butcher Island
	Butcher Island
	Coordinates: 18°58′N 72°54′E / 18.96°N 72.90°ECoordinates: 18°58′N 72°54′E / 18.96°N 72.90°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
Metro	Bombay
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

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Butcher Island (Jawahar Dweep) is an island off the coast of Mumbai, India. It has an oil terminal used by the port authorities to offload it from oil tankers. The crude oil is stored in oil containers on the island. From there they are piped to Wadala, in Mumbai where they are refined. This keeps the city relatively safe from a mishap. Tenders have been invited to develop a second oil terminal. The dredging works are currently being undertaken to improve the navigable depths in and around the new terminal.

It is a restricted area and most of the island is covered with dense vegetation. A hillock rises from the centre of the island. It is located 8.25 kilometres (5.13 mi) from the Gateway of India.The main advantage of the island is, it protect the Mumbai and surrounding populated area of the city from the direct effect of accidents like explosion, fire and pollution usually associated with Handling of the crude and other petroleum product.

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