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Neduntheevu or Nedunthivu ( ta, நெடுந்தீவு, translit=Neṭuntīvu; ) (also known by its 
Neduntheevu is a flat island surrounded by shallow waters and beaches of coral chunks and sand. It is home to a small population of Tamil people, mostly living in quiet compounds close to the northern coast.Delft web page
/ref> The vegetation is of a semi-arid tropical type, with palmyra palms, dry shrubs and grasses that grow on the pale grey porous coralline soil. Papayas and bananas grow close to the local people's homes. In the western coast of the island there are remains of a 1000-year-old temple built by the
File:Growing rock.JPG, Growing Rock, observed to be accreting
File:Giant footprint.JPG, Giant footprint, also known as Adam's or Shiva's footprint
File:Horse stable.JPG, Stable remains
File:Wild horses (Delft Island).JPG, Wild ponies
File:Pigeon house (Neduntheevu).JPG, Pigeon house (
Dutch
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* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
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People E ...
name Delft) is an island in the Palk Strait
The Palk Strait ( ta, பாக்கு நீரிணை ''Pākku Nīriṇai'', si, පෝක් සමුද්ර සන්ධිය ''Pok Samudra Sandhiya'') is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Jaffna Distri ...
, northern Sri Lanka. This island is named as Delft in the Admiralty Chart unlike the other islands, whose names are Tamil. The island's area is 50 km2 and it is roughly oval-shaped. Its length is 8 km and its maximum width about 6 km.
Neduntheevu is a flat island surrounded by shallow waters and beaches of coral chunks and sand. It is home to a small population of Tamil people, mostly living in quiet compounds close to the northern coast./ref> The vegetation is of a semi-arid tropical type, with palmyra palms, dry shrubs and grasses that grow on the pale grey porous coralline soil. Papayas and bananas grow close to the local people's homes. In the western coast of the island there are remains of a 1000-year-old temple built by the
Chola Dynasty
The Chola dynasty was a Tamil thalassocratic empire of southern India and one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of the world. The earliest datable references to the Chola are from inscriptions dated to the 3rd century BCE ...
as well as the ruins of a Dutch colonial fort. The water is slightly brackish, and it is taken from shallow wells using buckets made from palmyra palm leaves. A naval battle was fought off the coast of the island in 2008 during the Sri-Lankan Civil War. There are feral ponies on the island, descendants of forebears abandoned there in the Dutch period.
The island was named after the Dutch city of Delft by Rijckloff van Goens
Rijcklof Volckertsz. van Goens (24 June 1619 – 14 November 1682) was the Governor of Zeylan and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He was the Governor of Zeylan from 12 May 1660 to 1661, then in 1663 and finally from 19 November 16 ...
. He named the eight most important islands after Dutch cities.
Inscriptions
The marine archaeologists from the Maritime Archaeology Unit (MAU) of Central Cultural Fund (CCF) established in Galle in their archaeological explorations carried out in Delft Island in August 2017 discovered two Tamil inscriptions dated to 14-15 century and one Sinhala Prakrit inscription dated to 1st or 2nd century that have not been hither to revealed.See also
* Queen's Tower (Neduntheevu)Gallery
dovecote
A dovecote or dovecot , doocot ( Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pige ...
), used by colonial powers
File:Baobab (Adansonia digitata), Neduntheevu.JPG, Baobab (Adansonia digitata
''Adansonia digitata'', the African baobab, is the most widespread tree species of the genus '' Adansonia'', the baobabs, and is native to the African continent and the southern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Oman). These are long-lived pachycauls; ...
), native to East Africa, introduced by Arabian sailors in 7th century.
File:Coral walls of Neduntheevu.JPG, Coral walls, a common sight
File:Ancient temple or Vedi Arasan fort.JPG, Ruins believed to be an ancient temple, stupa or Vedi Arasan fort.
File:Coral Walls.jpg, The Manmade Coral Walls of Delft
References
Delft DS Division Islands of Jaffna District {{NorthernLK-geo-stub