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Also known as Piduruthalagala, Mount Pedro

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
Bottom

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Sri Lanka
Elevation
2524
Image
SL Nuwara Eliya asv2020-01 img13 Mount Pedro.jpg
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Commons category
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.

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