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Its summit is home to the central communications array of the Government of Sri Lanka and armed forces and serves as an important point in the country's radar system. The peak is currently designated as an "ultra-high security zone", and protected by a large military base; the peak is strictly off-limits to the general public.
This area includes Sri Lanka's highest mountains. [6] Pidurutalagala is the highest at 2,524 m) At the plateau's southern end, mountain ranges stretch 50 kilometers to the west toward Adam's Peak (2,243 meters) and 50 kilometers to the east toward Namunukula (2,036 m). [ 6 ]
The following page lists the mountain peaks of Sri Lanka. The following list comprises mountains that have been thoroughly explored, with their altitudes measured by expert hikers in Sri Lanka. The classification of a separate mountain is determined by the distance between two peaks and the elevation difference between them.
Highest Pidurutalagala (Mount Pedro) 2,524 m (8,281 ft) [1] ... Sri Lanka portal This page was last edited on 20 July 2024, at 15:58 (UTC). Text is available ...
Kirigalpotta is the 2nd tallest mountain in Sri Lanka at 2,388 m (7,835 ft) above mean sea level, and is also the highest mountain in the country whose summit is accessible to the general public (the highest point, Pidurutalagala, is occupied by a military base and off-limits to the public).
Adam's Peak is a 2,243 m (7,359 ft) tall conical sacred mountain located in central Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is well known for the Sri Pada ( Śrī Pāda ; Sinhala : ශ්රී පාද , 'sacred footprint'), a 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) rock formation near the summit whose name is also used for the mountain itself .
Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. All peaks 7,000 m (23,000 ft) or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m or 24,580 ft) on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish Chokusu (Tuōmù'ěr Fēng, 7,439 m or 24,406 ft) on the Kyrgyzstan ...
Sri Lanka Kikilimana (also spelt Kikiliyamana ) is a mountain in the Central Province of Sri Lanka . At a summit elevation of 2,240 m (7,349 ft), it is the 6th tallest mountain in Sri Lanka, after Pidurutalagala (2,524 m), Kirigalpotta (2,395 m), Totapolakanda (2,357 m), Kudahagala (2,320 m), and Adam's Peak (2,243 m). [ 1 ]