Bone Island ( ta, எலும்புத்தீவு / போன் தீவு) is a tiny island as part of
Batticaloa Lagoon
Batticaloa Lagoon is a very large estuarine lagoon in Batticaloa District, eastern Sri Lanka. The city of Batticaloa is located on land between the lagoon and the Indian Ocean.Batticaloa district is flourished with three lagoons, such Battical ...
among other small islands of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
It has no causeway connection to the mainland, it is connected by boat. It uses as resting place by local fishermen, and it has significant attraction of local tourists. J. A. Bone, Asst. Government Agent (1833–1837), built a small bungalow in the island. Later, the island called by his name.
Picture Gallery
File:Bone Island, Batticaloa in Bird's-eye view.jpg, Bone Island in Bird's-eye view
A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle, creating a perspective as if the observer were a bird in flight looking downwards. Bird's-eye views can be an aerial photograph, but also a draw ...
File:Bone Island, Batticaloa - Far view.jpg, Bird's-eye view – Bone Island in distance
See also
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List of islands of Sri Lanka
This is a list of islands of Sri Lanka. There are number of islands around Sri Lanka. The most prominent islets are west of the Jaffna Peninsula in the Northern Province. These group of islands also had Dutch names during the Dutch colon ...
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*''The information in this article is based on that in its
Tamil equivalent''.
Landforms of Batticaloa District
Landforms of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Uninhabited islands of Sri Lanka