Dalhousie

Dalhousie is an estate in , , and has an elevation of 1,508 metres. Dalhousie is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Adam’s Peak.

Peak
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Adam's Peak is a 2,243-metre-tall conical sacred mountain located in central . It is well known for the Sri Pada, a 1.8 m rock formation resembling a footprint near the summit whose name is also used for the mountain itself.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dalhousie and Maskeliya.

Town
Photo: Saqib, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, Nallathanniya or Delhousie is a village in , . The village is two hours from Hatton city and situated en route to . The village borrowed its name from a nearby tea estate.

Town
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the of . It is the site of the 1974 crash of Martinair Flight 138, the worst air disaster in Sri Lanka. is situated 7 km east of Dalhousie.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a province in . It is named after its former indigenous inhabitants, the Sabara, an Indic term referring to hunter-gatherer tribes.

Dalhousie

Latitude
6.8195° or 6° 49′ 10″ north
Longitude
80.5137° or 80° 30′ 49″ east
Elevation
1,508 metres (4,948 feet)
Open location code
6MR2RG97+RF
Geo­Names ID
1248897
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