Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Beautiful Dumbara mountain range – Knuckles range



The Knuckles range has more that 35 rugged peaks which gives magnificent scenic view and t can be categorized as one of the most valuable heritages in Sri Lanka. This is called ‘Mini Alps’ for its formation. The name Knuckles is given it as it looks like the knuckles of a clenched fist with five prominent peaks and the five main peaks are Kirigalpoththa (1642m), Gombaniya


(1900m), Knuckles (1852m), Koboneelaga (1544m) and Dotulugala (1564m). The Knuckles range is about 90 square miles and it is rich with flora and fauna.

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