SITA KOTUWA (Cave at)
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Description
A little but perfect cave in miniature –stalactites and stalagmites [speleothems] and all (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 241; 1983: 243). SITUATION: At the foot of the eastern escarpment of the Kandyan table-land and in the Knuckles foothills (note 1) at a spot overhanging the quite famous ruin of Sita Kotuwa or Sitakotuwa and Seetakotuwa (note 2).APPROACH: CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 241; 1983: 243) suggests to find a guide to this cave at Gurulupota [N07°20': E080°56'] bazar [note 3] just below the series of [eighteen] hairpin bends … on the road (highway A5) from Kandy (N07°17'47”: E080°38'06” WGS84) generally eastwards to Mahiyangana (N07°19'00”: E080°58'58” WGS84).A little but perfect cave in miniature –stalactites and stalagmites [speleothems] and all (CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 241; 1983: 243). SITUATION: At the foot of the eastern escarpment of the Kandyan table-land and in the Knuckles foothills (note 1) at a spot overhanging the quite famous ruin of Sita Kotuwa or Sitakotuwa and Seetakotuwa (note 2).APPROACH: CEYLON TRAVELLER 1974: 241; 1983: 243) suggests to find a guide to this cave at Gurulupota [N07°20': E080°56'] bazar [note 3] just below the series of [eighteen] hairpin bends … on the road (highway A5) from Kandy (N07°17'47”: E080°38'06” WGS84) generally eastwards to Mahiyangana (N07°19'00”: E080°58'58” WGS84).
Documents
Bibliography 06/01/2018- Ceylon Traveller 1974, 1983.
Histoire
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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11.0 | UDAWELA CAVE TEMPLE | ||
11.3 | LUNUGALA LENA 2 | ||
11.3 | Alugallena | ||
11.7 | LUNUGALA LENA | ||
11.8 | Maliga Vihara Cave Temple | ||
11.8 | HUNUGALA LENA | ||
11.8 | Saint Martin's Potholes | ||
17.2 | ALU GALGE, Minipe | ||
18.2 | ISTRIPURA CAVE, Pannala |