Willingdon Island

Willingdon Island is an island, which forms part of the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. Much of the present Willingdon Island was claimed from the Lake of Kochi, filling dredged soil around a previously existed, but tiny natural island. The Willingdon Island is significant as the home for the Port of Kochi, as well as the Kochi Naval Base (the Southern Naval Command) of the Indian Navy and Central Institute of Fisheries Technology a constituent unit of Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

The island is also home for other establishment associated with the port namely, the Office of the Cochin Port Trust (that controls the Port of Kochi), the Customs Office, more than two dozen export-import offices, warehouses, a few hotels and business centers.