West Entrance

West Entrance is a marine channel in , . West Entrance is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Anthony’s Shrine and Colombo Port Power Station.

Church
Photo: AntanO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Anthony's Shrine is a church in the Archdiocese of Colombo in Sri Lanka. The church is located at , , 13, and is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua.

Power station
The is a 60-megawatt powership, permanently moored at the Colombo Harbour, in the Western Province of . After the plant's 15-year license expired in 2015, the Ceylon Electricity Board purchased the powership in a controversial deal.

Church
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is located in , a neighbourhood of . It is one of the most important Dutch colonial-era buildings in and is one of the oldest Protestant churches still in use in the country.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kotahena and Colombo.

Suburb
is a suburb of , Sri Lanka, and is known as Colombo 13.

Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0.
is the largest city and commercial capital of , and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.

Suburb
is a suburb in , . is also part of an area numbered Colombo 13. The name is of Dutch origin, meaning 'Valley of Flowers'.

West Entrance

Latitude
6.95429° or 6° 57′ 15″ north
Longitude
79.84627° or 79° 50′ 47″ east
Open location code
6JRXXR3W+PG
Geo­Names ID
11749588
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Satellite Map

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