Ocean University

Ocean University is a university in Small Bazaar, Jaffna, Northern Province. Ocean University is situated near the university National Institute Of Nautical Engineering, as well as near the military installation SL Army Camp.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Jaffna Public Library and Jaffna Fort.

Jaffna Public Library

Library

Photo: Anton 17, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jaffna Public Library is located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is one of Jaffna's landmarks, and is run by the Jaffna Municipal Council. The library was built in 1933 and is Sri Lanka's second main public Library, only rivalled by Colombo Public Library During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts. Jaffna Public Library is situated 530 metres northwest of Ocean University.

Jaffna Fort

Ruins

Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Jaffna Fort is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 1618 under Phillippe de Oliveira following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. The fort is located near the coastal village of Gurunagar. Jaffna Fort is situated 800 metres northwest of Ocean University.

St. Mary’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: Ghostface Buddha, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St. Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna located in Gurunagar, a suburb of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The cathedral is also known locally as Periye Kovil. St. Mary’s Cathedral is situated 1 km east of Ocean University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nallur and Ariyalai.

Nallur

Town

Photo: Gane Kumaraswamy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nallur is an affluent suburb in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus.

Ariyalai

Town

Photo: உமாபதி, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ariyalai is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into eight village officer divisions whose combined population was 10,750 at the 2012 census. Ariyalai is situated 3½ km east of Ocean University.

Kokkuvil

Village

Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 4½ km north of Ocean University.

Ocean University

Type: University
Category: education
Location: Small Bazaar, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

9.65797° or 9° 39′ 29″ north

Longitude

80.01406° or 80° 0′ 51″ east

Open location code

6MX2M257+5J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 581754006

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=university

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Highlights: Ocean University - Jaffna Campus and National Institute Of Nautical Engineering.

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