Bar Reef

The Bar Reef is a system of coral reefs just offshore from 's peninsula. It has the greatest biodiversity of any coral reef in the waters around and is one of the few pristine coral reef systems 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
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natural = reef
Open­Street­Map feature
sport = scuba_diving
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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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