WIJERIYA, mine near

(Ratnapura District - LK)
6.433300,80.650000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

One of two tiny plumbago (graphite) mines (compare: Ereporuwa, Tenehena mine), which both lie north of Kolonne (note 1), is reached from the village of Wijeriya (note 2) where a small track leads initially west to a temple and then in a northerly direction across paddy fields and past pools of water to a hill with a short mine (Eckrich 1984).CAVE LIFE: Eckrich, Michael (1984 personal communication) had surveyed bats here (Chiroptera).One of two tiny plumbago (graphite) mines (compare: Ereporuwa, Tenehena mine), which both lie north of Kolonne (note 1), is reached from the village of Wijeriya (note 2) where a small track leads initially west to a temple and then in a northerly direction across paddy fields and past pools of water to a hill with a short mine (Eckrich 1984).CAVE LIFE: Eckrich, Michael (1984 personal communication) had surveyed bats here (Chiroptera).

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Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.0Bulutota Caves
0.0TENNEHENA, mine near
0.0WIRIWALLA CAVE
4.1ITTEKANDA CAVE 1
4.1ITTEKANDA CAVE 2
4.1ITTEKANDA CAVE 3
4.1KOLONNE, mine 1
4.1KOLONNE, mine 2
4.1Ereporuwa