Blantyre

Blantyre is an estate in , , and has an elevation of 1,549 metres. Blantyre is situated nearby to the town , as well as near the locality .

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. is situated 4 km west of Blantyre.

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 5 km northeast of Blantyre.

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.

Blantyre

Latitude
6.8102° or 6° 48′ 37″ north
Longitude
80.5336° or 80° 32′ 1″ east
Elevation
1,549 metres (5,082 feet)
Open location code
6MR2RG6M+3C
Geo­Names ID
7546456
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