Viper Island
| Viper Island | ||
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| Waters | Navy Bay, Andaman Sea , Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Andaman Islands | |
| Geographical location | 11 ° 39 '43 " N , 92 ° 41' 51" E | |
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| length | 950 m | |
| width | 420 m | |
| surface | 30 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 32 m | |
| Residents | 4th (2011) 13 inhabitants / km² |
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Viper Island is a small island off South Andaman Island in Navy Bay near Port Blair . The island of about 0.5 km², which belongs to the Andamans , used to serve as a prison for particularly unruly prisoners and freedom fighters from the Empire of India . Among other things, the murderer of Richard Bourke , the sixth Earl of Mayo, was hanged here. Today you can still see the ruins of the prison and a gallows hill .
The island's name comes from the British ship Viper , which ran aground off the coast in the mid-18th century.
Web links
Commons : Viper Island - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Census (PDF) (16 kB)
- Information on the history on andamanholidays.com