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3. Karaichalli Island Bibliography of the Gulf of Mannar This island is 15 kms away from Tuticorin with circvunference of 1610 meters, with an area of 16.46 ha. Live coral reefs exist all around the island at a distance of 0.5 to 1 Ion. 4. Vilanguchalli Island It is a very small island with a circiunference of 614 meters and area of 0.95 ha. This island completely strewn with coral rubble with some bushes and grasses grouped towards middle of tlie island. Isolated patches of thin reef of corals are found along southeastern side of the island. (ii) Vembar Group 5. Upputhanni Island This island is about 29.94 ha. and is situated opposite to Mukayur village. This island can be reached by vallam (motorised canoe) in 25 minutes from this village. The island is 8 km away from Vembar. There are few trees here and there, with a nvunber of tall bushes. The entire island is covered with grasses. Several fishermen from Naripaiyur camp here to quarry coral boulders buried in the centre of the island, thus disturbing the natural formation of corals in the island. They also camp here frequentiy for commercial exploitation of the seaweed Celidiella sp. and Gracilaria sp. 6. Puluvunnichalli Island This island is with 1372 meters circvunference and a total area of 6.12 ha. This island is with a good sandy beach; fairly good portion of the island has thick vegetation. A few Thespesia trees are foimd on the eastern side of the island. This island is surroimded by live coral reef aU roimd except for a small stretch on the eastern side. 7. Nallathanni Island This island is 5 kms from Mimdel and has a circumference of about 5000 meters with an area of 110 ha. One of the big islands containing about 4000 coconut trees, palmyrah and otlier woody trees. Coral reef and coral boulders are distributed all rotmd the island at a distance of 0.5 km on the southern side and very near to northern shore. (iii) Kilakarai Group 8. Anaipar Island Nammalwar and Edwin Joseph
Bibliography of the Gulf of Mannar Anaipar is 15 km from Kilakarai and about 1600 meters circxmiference with 11 ha area. It is fully covered with taU shrubs and Acacia trees. Good amoimt of dead coral blocks are partly exposed on the southern shore upto a distance of 200 meters, with a good growth of seaweeds. Live coral reef is seen near western shore of tlie island upto a maximum distance of 200 meters from the shore. 9. Vallimunai Island Vallimtmai is 1889 meters in circvunference with an area of 6.72 ha. and it is about 10 kms away from Kilakarai. This is a small linear island lying parallel to the mainland and connected to Thalayri island by a channel which is submerged during high tide. 10. Poovarasanpatti Island This is a narrow sandy flat (100m. x 25m) exposed dtuing low tide and fully covered over by high tide water. It is misnomer to call tliis an island. It lies midway between Appa island and VaUiamunai island. Live reef surrounds tlie area upto a distance of 100 meters, except on the northern approach. Apart from a few boulder ty^, corals occurring on the eastern side, tlie rest are branching type of corals which lie at depth of 1-2 meters. Collection of seaweed (Gelidielk sp.) by fishermen is tlie only activity of interest here. 11. Appa Island Appa island is 4840 meters in circvunference with 28.63 ha area. It is about 8 kms away from Kilakarai. This island is traversed on tlie southern side by an intervening coralstone strudded sandy flat which is flooded during high tide preventing easy accessibility from one end to the other. The soutliem island portion is liiglily elevated (6 meters), standing on fossilised coral stones of large dimensions. The northern portion, like other islands, has an elevation of only 2.5 meters from the spring tide level. 12. Thalaiyari Island This is an extensive elongate island witli 83.38 meters circiunference. The total area of the island is about 75.15 ha. The broadest portion of the island is on the western tip of the island. The island is thickly covered with trees and cattle grazing meadows. There is a narrow strip of foreshore on the northern side and a restricted foreshore on the southern side. Live coral reef exists very close to tlie shore all along the length of island on the northern shore except for an area near northwestern edge. Continuous fringing reef exists for a distance of 0.75 km along tlie southern side. Nammalwar and Edwin Joseph
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Abraliam AUTHOR INDEX 1649 Acliari
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