Dharmatar
From Openwaterpedia
Dharamtar port is on the right bank of the Amba river and is 10 miles (16 km) from its mouth. It is 25.9 km (16.1 mi) away from Nhava Sheva with road and sea links, to Nhava Sheva and Mumbai ports in Maharastra, India.
Open Water Swimming
Dharmatar is one point of the Gateway of India channel swim (Gateway to India Challenge) that is a 21.97-mile (35.3 km) marathon swim in Mumbai Harbour that has been completed by the following swimmers:
- Rohans More in 1996
- Aditya Santosh Raut, 70 km two-way crossing on 24 November 2002 between the Gateway of India and Dharmatar in 21.28 hours at age of 9 years
- Christian Jongeneel, 6 hours 49 minutes in December 2012
- Prakash Nadar, 18 hours from Gateway of India to Rewas in Raig in 2013
- Atharva Rakshe, 24 km from the Gateway of India to Belapur Jetty in the Arabian Sea in 4 hours 49 minutes in 2014
- Bhakti Sharma, 16 km from Uran Port to the Gateway of India in 4 hours in 2003
- Bhakti Sharma, 36 km swim from Dharmatar to the Gateway of India in 9 hours 30 minutes in 2004
- Bhakti Sharma, 72 km two-way relay crossing between Dharmatar to the Gateway of India in 16 hours 58 minutes in 2008 with Leena Sharma and Priyanka Gehlot
