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Mannar Islands, Sri Lanka
Mannar Island , formerly called Manar Island, is part of Mannar District, Sri Lanka. It is linked to the rest of Sri Lanka by a causeway. It has an area of about 50 square kilometres, mainly covered with vegetation and sand. Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu is a chain of limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka.
Between 1914 and 1964, there was a train and ferry link from mainland India via Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar to Colombo, but this was not resumed after the disastrous damages caused by a cyclone in 1964.
The island is dry and barren; fishing is economically important.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference">[1]</sup>
Its main settlements are Mannar and Erukkulampiddi on its eastern coast and Pesalai on its northern coast, all connected by the A14 road which leads across the bridge to mainland Sri Lanka<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">[2]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">[3]</sup>
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I visited this beautiful island to see the migratory birds last February. Here are some clicks which were nice to me.
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
The Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
Heuglin's Gull or Siberian Gull, Larus heuglini
:rofl
Between 1914 and 1964, there was a train and ferry link from mainland India via Dhanushkodi and Talaimannar to Colombo, but this was not resumed after the disastrous damages caused by a cyclone in 1964.
The island is dry and barren; fishing is economically important.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference">[1]</sup>
Its main settlements are Mannar and Erukkulampiddi on its eastern coast and Pesalai on its northern coast, all connected by the A14 road which leads across the bridge to mainland Sri Lanka<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">[2]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">[3]</sup>
"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"
I visited this beautiful island to see the migratory birds last February. Here are some clicks which were nice to me.
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
The Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
Heuglin's Gull or Siberian Gull, Larus heuglini
:rofl
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