Station No Station Name Lat (N) Long (E) Shoreline width change (m)
1973-1992 1992-2000 2000-2006 1973-2006
1 Manavai 8°5'7.16” 77°28'46°47" -15 -6 -66 -87
2 Agastiswaram 8°4'35.91” 77°31'29.83" -9 -3 -54 -66
3 Muhilankudiyuruppu 8°4'27.12” 77°32'9.92" -6 -3 -66 -75
4 Cape comorin (Left) 8°4'24.90” 77°32'52.26" -12 -9 -72 -93
5 Cape comorin 8°4'36.56” 77°33'0.90" -9 -9 -75 -93
6 Chinna muttam 8°4'46.56” 77°33'1.21" 12 9 51 72
7 Elusattupettu 8°5'5.27” 77°33'14.31" 6 3 42 51
8 Vivekanandapuram 8°5'10.08” 77°32'25.60" 6 3 15 24
9 Visvanarayanapuram 8°5'33.32” 77°33'55.12" 6 6 24 36
10 Sundanparappu 8°5'43.30” 77°33'58.61" -6 -3 -21 -30
11 Kalluvilai(Arokiapuram) 8°6'7.91” 77°33'24.74" -3 -3 -30 -36
12 Lipuram 8°6'41.82” 77°33'24.95" 3 3 18 24
13 Lakshmipuram 8°6'59.36” 77°33'29.72" -9 -3 -18 -30
14 Vattakottai (Fort) 8°7'26.00” 77°34'0.98" -6 -9 -24 -39
15 Anjugramam 8°7'52.67” 77°34'27.84" -12 -3 -30 -45
16 Kootapuli 8°8'36.91” 77°36'10.96" -6 -3 -27 -36
17 Chettikulam 8°9'14.86” 77°38'20.49" -9 -3 -45 -57
18 Koodankulam 8°9'48.21” 77°42'51.02" -12 -6 -54 -69
19 Idindakarai (Left) 8°10'6.48” 77°44'7.05" -21 -6 -75 -99
20 Idindakarai (Right) 8°10'39.08” 77°44'56.98" -12 -9 -69 -90
21 Vijayapathi 8°11'0.89” 77°45'17.45" -9 -12 -63 -84
(+) sign implies accretion and (-) sign implies erosion
Table 3: Shoreline width changes in different periods.