Pulicat

Pulicat, also known as Pazhaverkadu, is a historic seashore town in the north coast of , next to the Pulicat Lake. Pulicat Lake is a shallow salt water lagoon which stretches about 60 km along the coast.
  • Town
  • …lies at an elevation of 10 metres (33 feet)
  • Description: town in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as
    “Palaverkādu”
    “Palaverkfidu”
    “Paliacate”
    “Palleacatte”
    “Pazhaverkadu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Geldria.
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Pulicat

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Latitude
13.4177° or 13° 25′ 4″ north
Longitude
80.3167° or 80° 19′ east
UN/LOCODE
IN PUL
Open location code
7M52C898+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Pulicat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلكات”
  • Catalan: “Pulicat”
  • Chinese: “普利卡特”
  • Dutch: “Pulicat”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلكات”
  • French: “Paliacate”
  • German: “Pulicat”
  • Hindi: “पुलिकट”
  • Japanese: “プリカット”
  • Malay: “Pelikat”
  • Malayalam: “പുലിക്കാട്”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pulicat”
  • Norwegian: “Pulicat”
  • Portuguese: “Paliacate”
  • Slovenian: “Pulikat”
  • Spanish: “Pulicat”
  • Tamil: “பழவேற்காடு”
  • Urdu: “پلی کٹ”

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