{"id":117937,"date":"2026-08-08T11:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=117937"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:23:30","slug":"delft-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/delft-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Delft Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Delft Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sri Lanka Navy recently rescued 11 Indian fishermen after their trawler ran aground off Delft Island.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Delft Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delft Island, also known as <\/span><b>Neduntheevu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is located in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/palk-strait\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Palk Strait<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> off the <\/span><b>northern coast of Sri Lanka\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies<\/span><b> south-southwest of the Jaffna peninsula.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> biggest of the seven inhabitable islands in the region.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island\u2019s area is 50 sq.km. Its length is 8 km, and its maximum width is about 6 km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A unique feature of this island is that it is<\/span><b> flat and oval-shaped<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is<\/span><b> wind-swept at almost all times<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which makes the place very soothing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>surrounded by shallow waters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>beaches of coral chunks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and sand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>no streams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the island. The major <\/span><b>source of freshwater<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><b>surface water, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is collected in natural depressions and artificial ponds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the island there are varied kinds of <\/span><b>dry shrubs and semi-arid tropical plants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This island also has tall <\/span><b>palm trees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which add to the overall beachy feel of the island.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located by <\/span><b>people of Tamil origin,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Delft Island has a rich <\/span><b>history and heritage from the <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chola-dynasty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chola<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chola-dynasty\/\" target=\"_blank\"> dynasty<\/a><\/strong>, <\/span><b>Dutch, Portuguese and British<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> colonial period.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though there are ancient ruins of a temple, what is more evident in Delft Island\u2019s recent history are the <\/span><b>ruins of a Dutch colonial fort.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was the <\/span><b>Dutch <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who<\/span><b> named the island after the city of Delft in the Netherlands, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the name remains to this day in common usage.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/world\/story\/sri-lanka-navy-rescues-11-indian-fishermen-after-trawler-runs-aground-off-delft-island-ptag-2965215-2026-08-06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delft Island is located in the Palk Strait off the northern coast of Sri Lanka. 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