Adam's Peak

Adam's Peak (also Sri Pada; Sinhalese Samanalakanda - සමනළ කන්ද "Butterfly Mountain"; Arabic Al-Rohun, and also ශ්‍රී පාදය "Sri Paadaya"; Tamil Sivanolipatha Malai - சிவனொளி பாதமலை), is a 2,243 m (7,359 ft) tall conical mountain located in central Sri Lanka. It is well known for the Sri Pada, i.e., "sacred footprint", a 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) rock formation near the summit, which in Buddhist tradition is held to be the footprint of the Buddha, in Hindu tradition that of Shiva and in Islamic and Christian tradition that of Adam, or that of St. Thomas.

Geography

The mountain is located in the southern reaches of the Central Highlands, in the Ratnapura District and Nuwara Eliya district of the Sabaragamuwa Province and Central Province —lying about 40 km northeast of the city of Ratnapura and 32 km southwest of the city of Hatton. The surrounding region is largely forested hills, with no mountain of comparable size nearby. The region along the mountain is a wildlife reserve, housing many species varying from elephants to leopards, and including many endemic species.

Adams Peak (Antarctica)

Adams Peak (81°38′S 160°4′E / 81.633°S 160.067°E / -81.633; 160.067Coordinates: 81°38′S 160°4′E / 81.633°S 160.067°E / -81.633; 160.067) is a peak, 1,540 metres (5,050 ft), on the east side of Starshot Glacier, rising 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Heale Peak in the Surveyors Range. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960-61) for C.W. Adams, one of the early New Zealand surveyors, who in 1883 established the Mount Cook (Wellington) latitude which became the fundamental position for all New Zealand surveys up to 1949.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Adams Peak (Antarctica)" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).