Slave Island

Slave Island is a police station in Fort, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Western Province. Slave Island is situated nearby to the pitch Airforce Ground, as well as near Java Lane Mosque.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beira Lake and One Galle Face.

Beira Lake

Lake

Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.

Beira Lake is a man-made lake in the centre of the city of Colombo in Sri Lanka. The lake is surrounded by many large businesses in the city. It initially occupied approximately 1.65 km2 of land 100 years ago but has since been reduced to 0.65 km2 today due to various reasons.

One Galle Face

Shopping center

Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One Galle Face is a mixed-use complex of buildings near the Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is also Sri Lanka's first internationally and developed and managed mixed use project and was officially opened on 8 November 2019. One Galle Face is situated 480 metres west of Slave Island.

Galle Face Green

Park

Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.

Galle Face Green is a 5 ha ocean-side urban park, which stretches for 500 m along the coast, in the heart of Colombo, the financial and business capital of Sri Lanka. Galle Face Green is situated 610 metres southwest of Slave Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Slave Island and Colombo.

Slave Island

Village

Photo: Mayakaru, CC BY 3.0.

Slave Island, officially known as Kompanna Vidiya, also known as Kampong Kertel and Kompanna Veediya and formerly known as Javanam Quarters during Dutch rule, is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka, located directly south of the Fort.

Colombo

Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Kotahena

Suburb

Kotahena is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and is known as Colombo 13. Kotahena is situated 2½ km northeast of Slave Island.

Slave Island

Type: Police station
Location: Fort, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

6.92764° or 6° 55′ 40″ north

Longitude

79.84929° or 79° 50′ 57″ east

Wheelchair access

Open location code

6JRXWRHX+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 678259133

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=police

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