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.

[2] 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.

The water is slightly brackish, and it is taken from shallow wells using buckets made from palmyra palm leaves.

[3][4] In 2013, marine archaeologists from the Maritime Archaeology Unit (MAU) of the Central Cultural Fund (CCF) discovered a few eroded coral slabs containing Tamil scripts.