Knuckles Mountain Range
The Dumbara Mountain Range lies in central Sri Lanka, in the Districts of Matale and Kandy. The Sinhalese residents have traditionally referred to the area as Dumbara Kanduvetiya meaning Mist-laden Mountain Range.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Astronomyinertia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Astronomyinertia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,200 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “The Knuckles” and “Tunhisgala”
Knuckles Mountain Range
- Categories: protected area, non-geologically related mountain range, and landform
- Location: Panvila Divisional Secretariat, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Tamil—“Knuckles Mountain Range” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “নাকলস পর্বতশ্রেণী”
- Central Bikol: “Knuckles Mountain Range”
- Central Kurdish: “زنجیرەچیای کانۆکلێس”
- Chinese: “指关节山脉”
- Chinese: “指關節山脈”
- Chinese: “那科勒斯保護林地”
- Czech: “Pohoří Knuckles”
- French: “Monts Knuckles”
- Japanese: “ナックルズ保護森林”
- Japanese: “ナックルズ山脈”
- Japanese: “ナックル山脈”
- Persian: “رشته کوه نکلس”
- Persian: “رشته کوهٔ نکلس”
- Persian: “رشتهٔ کوهٔ نکلس”
- Persian: “رشتهکوه نکلس”
- Sinhala: “දුම්බර කඳුවැටිය”
- Swedish: “Knuckles”
- Tamil: “நக்கிள்ஸ் மலைத்தொடர்”
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