This is a list of caves in Sri Lanka.
A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground,[1][2] specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deeply underground. The word cave can also refer to much smaller openings such as sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos, though strictly speaking a cave is exogene, meaning it is deeper than its opening is wide,[3] and a rock shelter is endogene.[4]
Cave | District | Province | Location | Length | Notes | Ref | |
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m | ft | ||||||
Andirilena Cave | Galle | Southern | 06°13′04″N 80°20′07″E / 6.21778°N 80.33528°E | 500 | 1,640 | [5][6] | |
Aluvihare Rock Temple | Matale | Central | 07°29′50″N 80°37′19″E / 7.49722°N 80.62194°E | Cave temple | |||
Batatotalena Cave | Ratnapura | Sabaragamuwa | 06°48′00″N 80°22′00″E / 6.80000°N 80.36667°E | 25 | 82 | Cave temple | [5][6] |
Belilena Cave | Kegalle | Sabaragamuwa | 07°00′08″N 80°26′08″E / 7.00222°N 80.43556°E | [5][6] | |||
Bogoda Cave | Badulla | Uva | 06°30′59.06″N 80°38′36.33″E / 6.5164056°N 80.6434250°E | 15 | 49 | [5][6] | |
Dambulla Cave Temple | Matale | Central | 07°51′24″N 80°38′57″E / 7.85667°N 80.64917°E | Cave temple | |||
Fa Hien Cave | Kalutara | Western | 06°36′6″N 80°13′6″E / 6.60167°N 80.21833°E | ||||
Hunugalagala Limestone Cave | Badulla | Uva | 06°45′55″N 80°53′21″E / 6.76528°N 80.88917°E | ||||
Kuragala | Ratnapura | Sabaragamuwa | 06°37′44.4″N 80°51′51.9″E / 6.629000°N 80.864417°E | 42 | 138 | Cave ruins | |
Lahugala Cave | Ampara | Eastern | 06°52′41.1″N 81°45′10.6″E / 6.878083°N 81.752944°E | 12 | 41 | [7] | |
Mahalenama Cave | Ampara | Eastern | 6°38′52.99″N 81°42′5.07″E / 6.6480528°N 81.7014083°E | ||||
Nitro Cave | Central | 07°25′03.8″N 80°52′13.9″E / 7.417722°N 80.870528°E | 60 | 197 | [7] | ||
Pannila Cave | Ratnapura | Sabaragamuwa | 06°28′47.07″N 80°32′40.55″E / 6.4797417°N 80.5445972°E | 550 | 1,804 | [5][6] | |
Rawana Ella Cave | Badulla | Uva | 06°50′27″N 81°3′16″E / 6.84083°N 81.05444°E | 46 | 151 | Cave temple | [5][6] |
Rotupihilla Cave | Nuwara Eliya | Central | 07°8′33.19″N 80°46′0.11″E / 7.1425528°N 80.7666972°E | ||||
Sithripura Cave | Badulla | Uva | [5][6] | ||||
Waulpane Cave | Ratnapura | Sabaragamuwa | 06°25′31″N 80°43′58.58″E / 6.42528°N 80.7329389°E | 122 | 400 | [5][6] |