Adam’s Peak

Adam's Peak is a 2,243-metre-tall conical sacred mountain and place of pilgrimage in central , famous for the Sri Pada, a 1.8 m hollow, footprint-like rock formation near the summit whose name is also used for the mountain itself.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,243 metres
  • Description: mountain in Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Adam’s peak”, “Adamov vrch”, “Adams peak”, “Adams Peak”, “Adamspik”, “Adomo kalnas”, “Monte de Adan”, “Monte de Adán”, “Mynydd Adda”, “Picco di Adamo”, “Pico adão”, “Pico de Adan”, “Samanala”, “Samanala Kanda”, “Samanalakanda”, “Siri Pada”, “Sivanolipatha Malai”, “Sri Paadaya Peak”, “Sri pada”, “Sri Pada Foot Print”, “Адамова вершина”, “சிவனொளிபாதம்”, “ശ്രീപാദം”, “アダムズ・ピーク”, “アダムズピーク”, and “スリー・パーダ”

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 , .

Town
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the of . is situated 8 km east of Adam’s Peak.

Adam’s Peak

Latitude
6.80942° or 6° 48′ 34″ north
Longitude
80.49939° or 80° 29′ 58″ east
Elevation
2,243 metres (7,359 feet)
Open location code
6MR2RF5X+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 254036900
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
1252292
Wiki­data ID
Q60789
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Adam’s Peak” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل الرحون”
  • Basque: “Adamen mendia”
  • Bengali: “আদম চূড়া”
  • Bulgarian: “Адамов връх”
  • Burmese: “အဒမ်တောင်ထိပ်”
  • Catalan: “Pic d’Adam”
  • Cebuano: “Adam’s Peak”
  • Chinese: “亚当峰”
  • Croatian: “Sri Pada”
  • Czech: “Adamova hora”
  • Czech: “Srí Pada”
  • Czech: “Šrí Páda”
  • Dutch: “Adam’s Peak”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الرحون”
  • Finnish: “Aataminhuippu”
  • French: “pic d’Adam”
  • French: “Pic d’Adam”
  • German: “Adam’s Peak”
  • German: “Sri Pada”
  • Greek: “Κορυφή του Αδάμ”
  • Greek: “Πόδι του Αδάμ”
  • Hebrew: “פסגת אדם”
  • Hindi: “आदम की चोटी”
  • Hungarian: “Sri Pada”
  • Indonesian: “Puncak Adam”
  • Italian: “Sri Pada”
  • Japanese: “アダムスピーク”
  • Ladin: “Adam’s Peak”
  • Lithuanian: “Adomo viršukalnė”
  • Lithuanian: “Adomo viršūnė”
  • Malay: “Puncak Adam”
  • Malayalam: “ആദം കൊടുമുടി”
  • Minangkabau: “Puncak Adam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Adamspiggen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Adamspiggen”
  • Norwegian: “Adamspiggen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pic d’Adam”
  • Persian: “قله آدام”
  • Polish: “Góra Adama”
  • Polish: “Szczyt Adama”
  • Portuguese: “Pico de Adão”
  • Russian: “Адамов Пик”
  • Russian: “Пик Адама”
  • Saraiki: “آدم دی چوٹی”
  • Serbian: “Шри Пада”
  • Sindhi: “آدم جي چوٽي”
  • Sinhala: “ශ්‍රී පාද”
  • Sinhala: “ශ්‍රී පාදස්ථානය”
  • Sinhala: “සමනල කන්ද”
  • Slovak: “Sri Pada”
  • Slovak: “Šrí Páda”
  • Slovenian: “Adamov vrh”
  • Spanish: “Pico de Adán”
  • Swahili: “Sri Pada”
  • Swedish: “Adam’s Peak”
  • Swedish: “Sri Pada”
  • Tamil: “சிவனொளிபாத மலை”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்ரீ பாத”
  • Tatar: “Адәм пигы”
  • Thai: “ศรีบาทา”
  • Thai: “ศรีปาทะ”
  • Turkish: “Âdem Tepesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Пік Адама”
  • Urdu: “آدم کی چوٹی”
  • Venetian: “Sri Pada”
  • Welsh: “Copa Adda”
  • Western Panjabi: “آدم دی چوٹی”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Dalhousie and Palabaddala.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sri Pada Temple (Sri Pada Buddhist Temple) and Meellakela.

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