Viper Island
The former prison for exiled convicts and gallows site from before the Cellular Jail was built. It can be reached by harbour cruise boat.
Viper Island lies within Port Blair harbour and is named after the British ship HMS Viper, which was wrecked here in 1789. Before the Cellular Jail was built, it served as a prison for exiled convicts. Brick cell walls and the gallows site survive on the hilltop. In 1872, Sher Ali, who assassinated Lord Mayo, the Viceroy of India, was tried and executed near here. The island is very small, and a walk around it takes about 20 minutes. Boats usually depart from Phoenix Bay jetty on harbour cruises, often combined with Ross Island and North Bay Island. Schedules depend on the weather.
Opening hours
Depends on harbour cruise schedules
Nearby sights
- Samudrika Naval Marine Museum
- Chatham Saw Mill
- Zonal Anthropological Museum
- Rajiv Gandhi Water Sports Complex & Marina Park
- Cellular Jail
- Corbyn's Cove Beach
- Mount Harriet National Park (Mount Manipur)
- Ross Island (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep)