West Entrance
West Entrance is a marine channel in Western Province, Sri Lanka. West Entrance is situated nearby to the suburb Kotahena, as well as near the locality Kachcheri.Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Anthony’s Shrine and Red Mosque.
St. Anthony’s Shrine
Church
Photo: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Anthony's Shrine is a Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Colombo in Sri Lanka. The church is located at Kochchikade, Kotahena, Colombo 13, and is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua.
Red Mosque
Mosque
Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque (Sinhala: කොලඹ කොටුව රතු පල්ලිය, romanized: Kolomba Kotuwa Rathu Palliya, Tamil: மஸ்ஜிதுல் ஜாமிஉல் அஃபார் அல்லது சம்மாங்கோடு பள்ளிவாசல், romanized: Sammankodu Pallivasal, is a historic mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Colombo Port Power Station
Power station
The Colombo Port Power Station is a 60-megawatt powership, permanently moored at the Colombo Harbour, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. After the plant's 15-year license expired in 2015, the Ceylon Electricity Board purchased the powership in a controversial deal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kotahena and Colombo.
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.
Bloemendhal
Suburb
Bloemendhal is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Bloemendhal is also part of an area numbered Colombo 13. The name Bloemendhal is of Dutch origin, meaning 'Valley of Flowers'.
West Entrance
- Type: Marine channel
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.95429° or 6° 57′ 15″ northLongitude
79.84627° or 79° 50′ 47″ eastOpen location code
6JRXXR3W+PGGeoNames ID
11749588
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