🌲 Ussangoda

Sri Lanka · Asia · National Park · 6.10°N, 80.99°E

Ussangoda National Park is a Sri Lankan national park and designated archaeological site, situated on the Colombo – Kataragama road near Ambalantota – Nonagama Junction in Hambantota District. It is located in the southern sea turtle breeding zones. Ussangoda is a patch of high ground by the sea and spreads over a significant area. Unlike the rest of the land surrounding, it is only covered with grass and a few pockets of pigmy forests. The summit of Ussangoda area pans like a plateau for a significant length.

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Quick facts

Country	Sri Lanka
Continent / region	Asia
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	6.10°N, 80.99°E · view on map

Ussangoda is a national park in Sri Lanka, in Asia. The details of why Ussangoda is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Sri Lanka

Udawalawe National Park · Wilpattu National Park · Sinharaja Forest Reserve · Bundala National Park · Angammedilla National Park · Flood Plains National Park · Gal Oya National Park · Galway's Land National Park · Hikkaduwa National Park · Horagolla National Park.

Coordinates are an approximate area centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.