thorana

thorana is a cave in Moray, Ambagamuwa Divisional Secretariat, Central Province. thorana is situated nearby to old hospital, as well as near Nallathanniya Police Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Adam’s Peak and Maskeliya Dam.

Adam’s Peak

Peak

Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Adam's Peak is a 2,243-metre-tall conical sacred mountain and place of pilgrimage in central Sri Lanka, famous for the Sri Pada, a 1.8 m hollow, footprint-like rock formation near the summit whose name is also used for the mountain itself. Adam’s Peak is situated 3 km southwest of thorana.

Maskeliya Dam

Dam

Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Maskeliya Dam is a large gravity dam at Maskeliya, in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Along with the Castlereigh Dam, the dams are the highest point and beginning of the Laxapana Hydropower Complex, involving a number of dams, penstocks, and hydroelectric power stations. Maskeliya Dam is situated 3½ km northeast of thorana.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dalhousie and Maskeliya.

Dalhousie

Town

Photo: Saqib, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dalhousie, Nallathanniya or Delhousie is a village in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. The village is two hours from Hatton city and situated en route to Adam's Peak. The village borrowed its name from a nearby tea estate.

Maskeliya

Town

Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Maskeliya is a town in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is the site of the 1974 crash of Martinair Flight 138, the worst air disaster in Sri Lanka. Maskeliya is situated 6 km east of thorana.

Sabaragamuwa

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Sabaragamuwa is a province in Sri Lanka. It is named after its former indigenous inhabitants, the Sabara, an Indic term referring to hunter-gatherer tribes.

thorana

Type: Cave
Category: landform
Location: Moray, Ambagamuwa Divisional Secretariat, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

6.82571° or 6° 49′ 33″ north

Longitude

80.52151° or 80° 31′ 17″ east

Open location code

6MR2RGGC+7J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9740549810

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

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