Viringili (Maliku Atoll)
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Viringili or Vilingili is an uninhabited island in Maliku Atoll
. It is located on the southwestern reef edge of the atoll.
Viringili is barely 200 m in length. It is fringed with gravel and it is covered with bushes. A few stunted coconut trees grow in the center of the island.
Formerly the lepers
of Minicoy were banished to this island where they lived in abject conditions.
Maliku Atoll
Maliku Atoll or Minicoy Atoll is the southernmost atoll of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It is located 201 km to the SSW of Kalpeni, at the southern end of the Nine Degree Channel and 125 km to the north of Thuraakunu, Maldives, at the northern end of the Eight Degree Channel. The...
. It is located on the southwestern reef edge of the atoll.
Viringili is barely 200 m in length. It is fringed with gravel and it is covered with bushes. A few stunted coconut trees grow in the center of the island.
Formerly the lepers
Leprosy
Leprosy or Hansen's disease is a chronic disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Named after physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen, leprosy is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract; skin lesions...
of Minicoy were banished to this island where they lived in abject conditions.