Bar Reef
The Bar Reef is a system of coral reefs just offshore from Sri Lanka's Kalpitiya peninsula. It has the greatest biodiversity of any coral reef in the waters around India and is one of the few pristine coral reef systems in Sri Lanka.- Reef
- Description: coral reef system in Sri Lanka
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Latitude
8.36732° or 8° 22′ 2″ north
Longitude
79.74635° or 79° 44′ 47″ east
Open location code
6JWX9P8W+WG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = reef
OpenStreetMap feature
sport = scuba_diving
Satellite Map
See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Bar Reef” goes by many names.
شعاب بارArabic
Bar ReefCebuano
Bar ReefSwedish
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