LUNUATUGALGE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

One of the eight Sri Lanka -CAVE- (note 1) entries (note 2) which were listed on nima.mil/geonames (accessed 16.11.2003) and, less accurate, on wayhoo.com (accessed 25.05.2004). ETYMOLOGY: -Lunuatugalge- means Home [of] Lunuatu (galge is a contraction of gala ge; gala = stone, rock; ge = home, house). SITUATION (after CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: ?; 1983: 173): South of the peaks of the –>Talaguruhela (N06°34': E081°29') and west of the Diulanagoda (N06°37': E081°33') by the the Kumbukkan oya. ACCESS: The absence of Lunuatugalge caves for consumers of the CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: ?; 1983: 173) is probably explained with saying that Only scientists are allowed to enter its [the Natural Reserve's] portals and this too, with the express permission of the Department of Wild Life Conservation. CAVE DESCRIPTION: CEYLON TRAVELLER (1974: ?; 1983: 173) mentions Lunuatugalge (without any caves or rock shelters) as a waypoint on on the approach from the northern boundary of the Yala Strict Naural Reserve (111 square miles north-west of Block II and between the Menik Ganga and the Kumbukkan oya) to the 1,001 feet (305.2 m) peak Dematagala.ural Reserve (111 square miles north-west of Block II and between the Menik Ganga and the Kumbukkan oya) to the 1,001 feet (305.2 m) peak Dematagala.