Pidurutalagala
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Pidurutalagala (, pronounced , Straw Plateau Rock), or previously Mount Pedro in English, is the highest mountain in Sri Lanka, at . It is situated North-North-East from the town of Nuwara Eliya and is easily visible from most areas of the Central Province.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Pidurutalagala
- Mountain.other_name
- Mount Pedro
- Mountain.photo
- MountPedro-SriLanka02.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 250
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Pidurutalagala with radio equipment at the summit of the mountain
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2524
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 2524
- Mountain.range
- Pidurutalagala
- Mountain.location
- Sri Lanka
- Mountain.map
- Sri Lanka
- Mountain.map_size
- 180
- Mountain.label
- Piduruta
- Mountain.label_position
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ultra-prominent peak
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Located in
- Nuwara Eliya District
- Elevation
- 2524
- Image
- SL Nuwara Eliya asv2020-01 img13 Mount Pedro.jpg
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- Pidurutalagala
- topographic prominence
- 2524
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Pidurutalagala (, pronounced , Straw Plateau Rock), or previously Mount Pedro in English, is the highest mountain in Sri Lanka, at . It is situated North-North-East from the town of Nuwara Eliya and is easily visible from most areas of the Central Province.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pidurutalagala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.