PIGEON ISLAND NATIONAL PARK IN TRINCOMALEE
Pigeon Island National Park is
one of the two
marine national
parks of
Sri Lanka. The national park is situated
1 km off the coast of
Nilaveli, a coastal town in
Eastern Province. The island's name
derives from the
Rock Pigeon which has colonized it. The
national park contains some of the best remaining
coral reefs
of Sri Lanka. Pigeon Island was designated as a sanctuary in 1963. In 2003 it
was redesignated as a
national park. This national park is the 17th
in Sri Lanka. The island was used as a
shooting
range during the
colonial era.
Pigeon Island is one of the several protected areas affected by the
Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.
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