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Islands. Sri Lanka. The Palk Strait ( Tamil: பாக்கு நீரிணை Pākku Nīriṇai, Sinhala: පෝක් සමුද්ර සන්ධිය Pok Samudra Sandhiya) is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Jaffna District of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of ...
The island is also home to the famous Kannaki ambal temple (recently [when?] renamed and rebranded as Sri Raja Rajeshwari ambal). The temple's history dictates that on one fateful day, a box floated towards the island and settled toward the shore.
Local names of the island are "Narikel Jinjira" which means "Coconut Island", and "Daruchini Dwip" which means "Cinnamon Island". It is the only coral island in Bangladesh. Administration. The island makes up the Saint Martin's Union Parishad. It has 9 villages/areas: UP complex of Saint Martin Island. Paschim Para (Western Neighbourhood)
Comino ( Maltese: Kemmuna) is a small island of the Maltese archipelago between the islands of Malta and Gozo in the Mediterranean Sea, measuring 3.5 square kilometres (1.4 sq mi) in area. Named after the cumin seed, the island has a permanent population of only two residents and is part of the municipality of Għajnsielem, in southeastern Gozo ...
Slave Island Grama Niladhari Division is a Grama Niladhari Division of the Colombo Divisional Secretariat of Colombo District of Western Province, Sri Lanka.. Slave Island railway station, Slave Island, SLAF Colombo, Old Army Headquarters, Colombo, Victoria Masonic Temple, Beira Lake, Union Place, Ceylon Electricity Board, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and One Galle Face are located within ...
Max. width. 10 km (6.2 mi) Islands. Round Island, Elephant Island, Clappenburg Island, Great Sober Island and Little Sober Island. Settlements. Trincomalee [1] Trincomalee Bay, also known as Koddiyar Bay, [2] is a bay in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka . The bay is located by Trincomalee town on the north-east coast of the island.
Height. 23 feet (7.0 m) [1] The Queen's Tower ( Tamil: இராணியின் கோபுரம் ), also known as Quindah Tower; [2] Tamil: குயிண்டாக் கோபுரம்) [3] is a tower that was built by the British during their rule in Sri Lanka. [4] They built it as a trigonometric point and a light navigation ...
The island was known to the Portuguese as Ilha das Vacas ("Island of the Cows"), was renamed by the Dutch as Delft Island. The fort was constructed out of limestone and coral. Though now in ruins, Ralph Henry Bassett describes the fort as a "very strongly fortified fort" in his book Romantic Ceylon: Its History, Legend, and Story.