Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary
Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the foothills of the Himalayas, between the Teesta and Mahananda rivers. Situated in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India; it comes under Darjeeling Wildlife division and can be reached from Siliguri in 30 minutes. Sukna, the gateway to the sanctuary, is only 13 km from Siliguri and 28 km from Bagdogra airport.- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: Wildlife Sanctuary between the Teesta and Mahananda rivers in West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Mahananda WLS”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sevoke.
Sevoke
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sevoke is a town near Siliguri in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal state of India near the border with Sikkim state. Situated in Dooars, Sevoke lies on the bank of River Teesta and has two bridges − namely Coronation Bridge and Sevoke Railway Bridge over it.
Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary
- Categories: protected area, wildlife refuge, and recreation area
- Location: Kurseong, Darjeeling, North Bengal, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.8539° or 26° 51′ 14″ northLongitude
88.4224° or 88° 25′ 21″ eastOpen location code
7MRCVC3C+HXOpenStreetMap ID
way 678834890OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q15243705
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Tamil—“Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “মহানন্দা বন্যপ্রাণী অভয়ারণ্য”
- Catalan: “Santuari de vida salvatge de Mahananda”
- Chinese: “马哈拉南达野生动物保护区”
- Chinese: “默哈嫩達野生動物保護區”
- Hindi: “महांनदा वन्यजीव अभयरण्य”
- Hindi: “महानंदा वन्यजीव अभयारण्य”
- Slovenian: “Naravni sanktuarij Mahananda”
- Swedish: “Mahanandareservatet”
- Tamil: “மகானந்தா வனவிலங்கு சரணாலயம்”
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