Dolphin's Nose Viewpoint is a tourist spot in
Coonoor
Coonoor (), is a taluk and a municipal town of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 45,494. The town sits at the south-east corner of the Nilgiri plateau, and at the head of the Coonoo ...
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Nilgiris District
The Nīlgiris district is one of the 38 List of districts of Tamil Nadu, districts in the South India, southern Indian States and union territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri () is the name given to a range of mountains spread acro ...
, in the Indian state of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
.
Geography
Dolphin's Nose sits over above sea level. It is 10 km from Coonoor.
The peak resembles a
dolphin
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the cetacean clade Odontoceti (toothed whale). Dolphins belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontopori ...
's nose, hence the name. Ravines are found to the left and right. A view of Catherine Falls several thousand metres below is a short distance away.
Sites
The following are the tourist spot in
Coonoor
Coonoor (), is a taluk and a municipal town of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 45,494. The town sits at the south-east corner of the Nilgiri plateau, and at the head of the Coonoo ...
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Lamb's Rock
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Sim's Park
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Droog Fort
* Law's Falls
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Katary Falls
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Lady Canning Seat[
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See also
* Coonoor
Coonoor (), is a taluk and a municipal town of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 45,494. The town sits at the south-east corner of the Nilgiri plateau, and at the head of the Coonoo ...
* Nilgiri mountains
* Catherine Falls
* List of noses
References
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Tourist attractions in Nilgiris district
Coonoor