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Asha de Vos (Sinhala:ආශා ඩි වොස් (born 1979) is a Sri Lankan marine biologist, ocean educator and pioneer of blue whale research within the northern Indian Ocean. [1] She is known for her Blue Whale Project. She is a Senior TED Fellow [2] and was chosen for a BBC 100 Women award in 2018. [3][4] She is a National Geographic ...
517.4/km 2 (1,340/sq mi) Time zone. UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone) Kalpitiya (Sinhala: කල්පිටිය, romanized: Kalpiṭiya, Tamil: கற்பிட்டி, romanized: Kaṟpiṭṭi) is a coastal town located in western region of Puttalam District. The Kalpitiya peninsula consists of a total fourteen islands. It is ...
Clarke emigrated to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1956, to pursue his interest in scuba diving. [10] That year, he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient original Koneswaram Temple in Trincomalee. Clarke augmented his popularity in the 1980s, as the host of television shows such as Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. He lived in Sri Lanka ...
Altitude diving is underwater diving using scuba or surface supplied diving equipment where the surface is 300 metres (980 ft) or more above sea level (for example, a mountain lake). [ 1 ][ 2 ] Altitude is significant in diving because it affects the decompression requirement for a dive, so that the stop depths and decompression times used for ...
It publishes three daily, three weekend, five weekly, two monthly and three annual publications in Sinhala, English and Tamil. [2] Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited is a public limited liability company incorporated in Sri Lanka in 1926 by its founder D. R. Wijewardena. 75% of its shares were Nationalized under the Associated Newspapers ...
Underwater target shooting is an underwater sport that tests a competitors’ ability to accurately use a speargun via a set of individual and team events conducted in a swimming pool using free diving or Apnoea technique. The sport was developed in France during the early 1980s and is currently practised mainly in Europe.
Trincomalee is on the eastern end of the A6 and A12 highways in Sri Lanka, as well as the northern end of the A15. The city is also served by Sri Lanka Railways. Trincomalee Railway Station is the terminus of Trincomalee-bound rail services, the majority of which originate from Colombo Fort. [94]
The Senanayake Samudraya is the largest body of water ever created in Sri Lanka. Cradled between Siyabalanduwa and Ampara , the reservoir is bordered by the rising mountains of Inginiyagala. There is a national park near Senanayake Samudraya, known as the Gal Oya National Park , [ 4 ] which is home to lots of wildlife, including more than 200 ...