Bone Island, Batticaloa
Kakaraitivu Island
17th century Dutch map of Sri Lanka with the Dutch names of the Jaffna islands
Sri Lanka is an island country in the Indian Ocean. There are also a number of smaller islands around Sri Lanka, most abundantly in the north and eastern parts of the islands. The most prominent islets are west of the Jaffna Peninsula in the Northern Province. Many of these islands were given Dutch names during the Dutch colonial period, only a few of these names are still in use today.[1]
Sri Lanka has a total area of 65,610 km2, with 64,740 km2 of land and 870 km2 of water, and a coastline that is 1,340 km long. The main island of Sri Lanka has an area of 65,268 km2 and is the 25th largest island in the world by area.[2] Dozens of offshore islands account for the remaining 342 km2 of area.
List of islands
See also
References
- Bassett, Ralph Henry. "12 The Islands". Romantic Ceylon: its history, legend, and story. pp. 274–310. ISBN 81-206-1274-4.
- Yapa, Vijitha (1996). Francis Dorai (ed.). Insight Pocket Guides: Sri Lanka. APA Publications (HK). ISBN 962-421-644-4.
- "Sri Lanka – Island". SatelliteViews.net.
- "LK0000956 DISTRICT : Jaffna DS Division : Velanai" (PDF). Administrative Map. UN OCHA. 13 August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2007.
- "LKM0088 DISTRICT : Jaffna DS Division : Kayts" (PDF). Administrative Map. UN OCHA. 20 May 2008.
- ↑ Dutch heritage of Sri Lanka
- ↑ "Joshua Calder's World Island Info – Largest Islands of the World". Worldislandinfo.com. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ↑ "Table 05 (Geo., Topography) Islands in Sri Lanka". Sri Lanka Statistics.
- ↑ "Statistical Handbook 2009". Jaffna District Secretariat. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010.
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