Kirigalpoththa
Kirigalpoththa is the second-tallest mountain in Sri Lanka at 2,388 m above mean sea level, and is also the highest mountain in the country whose summit is accessible to the general public.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,388 metres
- Description: mountain in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Kirigalpolta”, “Kirigalpota”, “Kirigalpotha”, and “Kirigalpotta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horton Plains and Baker’s Falls.
Horton Plains
Photo: Cherubino, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Horton Plains National Park is in central Sri Lanka. It is a forested highland plateau area with the most extensive area of cloud forest in Sri Lanka. Horton Plains is one of a group of three highland parks listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as Central Highlands of Sri Lanka; the others are the Knuckles Mountain Range and the Peak Wilderness Protected Area.
Baker’s Falls
Waterfall
Baker's Falls is a famous waterfall in Horton Plains National Park in the Nuwara Eliya District of Sri Lanka. Approximately 20 metres high, the waterfall is formed by the Belihul Oya, a major tributary of the Walawe River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Campion and Belihuloya.
Belihuloya
Village
Belihuloya is a village in the Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka. It is approximately 150 kilometres south-east of Colombo and is situated at an elevation of 616 metres above sea level. Belihuloya is situated 9 km south of Kirigalpoththa.
Holmwood Estate
Locality
Holmwood Estate is a tea estate in the Agrapatana region in Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province of Sri Lanka. The estate was established by Henry St. Holmwood Estate is situated 9 km northwest of Kirigalpoththa.
Kirigalpoththa
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Sandrigama, Nuwara Eliya Divisional Secretariat, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.79899° or 6° 47′ 56″ northLongitude
80.76642° or 80° 45′ 59″ eastElevation
2,388 metres (7,835 feet)Open location code
6MR2QQX8+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 6269087854OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Kirigalpoththa” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kirigalpota”
- Chinese: “吉里加尔波塔山”
- Chinese: “吉里加爾波塔山”
- Dutch: “Kirigalpota”
- Dutch: “Kirigalpotta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كيريجالپوتا”
- Hebrew: “קיריגלפוטה”
- Ladin: “Kirigalpotta”
- Persian: “کیریگالپوتا”
- Polish: “Kirigalpotta”
- Sinhala: “කිරිගල්පොත්ත”
- Swedish: “Kirigalpota”
- Tamil: “கிரிகல்பொத்த”
- Vietnamese: “Kirigalpotta”
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