Fort Hammenhiel
Fort Hammenhiel is a fort built around a small island between the islands of Kayts and Karaitivu of Jaffna Peninsula in Northern Sri Lanka.- Hotel
- …is also known as “හැමන්හිල් බලකොටුව”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Kayts Island Fort and Karampon Shanmuganatha Maha Vidyalayam.
Kayts Island Fort
The Kayts Island Fort was built by the Portuguese in 1629 and was abandoned in 1651.
1¼ km south of Fort Hammenhiel
Karampon Shanmuganatha Maha Vidyalayam
Karampon is a village located in Kayts, Velanai…
2½ km south of Fort Hammenhiel
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kayts and Thankodai.
Kayts
Town
Kayts, is a village on Velanai Island, off the Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka.
3 km southeast of Fort Hammenhiel
Karainagar
Karainagar is located 20 km from Jaffna, Sri Lanka, on the island of Karaitivu.
5 km northeast of Fort Hammenhiel
Fort Hammenhiel
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Latitude
9.71172° or 9° 42′ 42″ north
Longitude
79.84792° or 79° 50′ 53″ east
Open location code
6JXXPR6X+M5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = fort
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = hotel
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