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The Hambantota International Port [a] is a deep water port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, notable for its 99-year lease to China Merchant Ports. Opened in 2010, it is Sri Lanka's second largest port, after Colombo. In 2020, the port handled 1.8 million tonnes of cargo. [3] Construction of the port commenced in January 2008.
Hambantota Lighthouse: Hambantota town west No. 09: Hambantota: Hambantota: 25 March 2016 [2] Hellala Dakshina Purana Vihara: Sapugahayaya: Katuwana: 6 June 2008: Dagoba and pathway wall around the shrine [4] Henry Jones tombstone: Hambantota town west No. 09: Hambantota: Hambantota: 25 March 2016: Tombstone of Magistrate Henry Jones John ...
Hambantota Port. Hambantota is the selected site for a new international port, the Port of Hambantota. It was scheduled to be built in three phases, with the first phase due to be completed by the end of 2010 at a cost of $360 million. [24]
Hambantota District is located on the southeastern coast of Sri Lanka. It has an area of 2,593 km 2 (1,001 sq mi) and a very dry climate. The district capital is Hambantota town; the administrative headquarters are there as well as the center of salt production.
A domestic ferry port operates near the Bight of Key West. The port is among the busiest passenger ports in the United States and one of Florida's most important and oldest ferry ports. The port conducts passenger ferry and cruise service to and from Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fort Myers, Port Everglades, Cape Canaveral, and Marco Island, Florida.
Hambantota Lighthouse (Sinhala: හම්බන්තොට ප්රදීපාගාරය) is an onshore lighthouse, located on a rocky promontory in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] The lighthouse is a round masonry tower, 14 m (46 ft) high, with a lantern and a gallery, constructed in 1913.
Key West in red on map is part of the Keys, with Monroe County in dark green on an inset map of the State of Florida. A more southern part of Key West Island exists and is publicly accessible: the beach area of Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park at approximately 24°32'42.2"N 81°48'34.5"W, and approximately 500 feet (150 m) farther south than the marker.
Thompson Island, at the southwest tip of Key West, was selected as the site for the fort in 1822 and plans drawn up by Simon Bernard and Joseph G. Totten were approved in 1836. Two supporting artillery batteries , Martello Towers , provided additional coverage, one of which exists today as the Martello Gallery-Key West Art and Historical Museum .