Pamban Island

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Pamban (Tamil: பாம்பன் Pampan [ pɑ ː mbən ]; engl Iceland Pamban, Rameswaram also Iceland. ) Is located between the Indian mainland and Sri Lanka island. It belongs to the district of Ramanathapuram in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Your biggest city is the pilgrimage town of Rameswaram.

Geography

The island of Pamban is two kilometers away from a small peninsula on the Indian mainland and extends in a southeasterly direction in a long, narrow dunes and lagoon spur to the known as Adam's Bridge chain of coral reefs, more than 30 km to the island to Sri Lanka belonging to Mannar leads. The Pamban Island and the Adam's Bridge separate the Palk Strait or Palkbucht called Meeeresenge the north by the Gulf of Mannar in the south. The island is around 30 kilometers long, including the 15 km long dune spur. It has its greatest width of nine kilometers in area of Rameswaram. The island is completely flat with a maximum elevation of nine meters. The start of the two -kilometer-wide dunes and lagoon spur narrows at its eastern end on barely 200 meters.

The island is nationwide distribution equal to the taluk ( sub-district ) Pamban of Ramanathapuram district. Its population is 68 894, of which over half in the city of Rameswaram. Covering large parts of the island on the sandy soil can hardly be operated farming. Coconut palms, figs and eucalyptus trees are common. Fishing is an important industry.

Climate

The climate is tropical with a position corresponding to temperatures around 30 ° C fluctuating ( between 20 ° and 33 ° C) and 940 mm annual rainfall.

Traffic

The Pamban island is connected to the mainland by a railway bridge and a road bridge, both of which are commonly called Pamban Bridge ( Pamban Bridge ) and are more than 2 kilometers long. The head station in Rameswaram offers several train connections such as to Madurai and Chennai.

Cyclone in 1964

A devastating cyclone in 1964 damaged the island difficult. The railway bridge lost some spans. The south-eastern spur of the island was flooded, from the railroad to the located at its top place Dhanushkodi remained barely detectable traces, only stand in the place itself a few walls of the station, a sanctuary and a church. The previously existing ferry service from Dhanushkodi to Mannar Island before Sri Lanka no longer exists. Therefore, the railway line in Sri Lanka was abandoned by Talaimannar after Madawachchiya. The sooner comparatively easy journey by train and ferry from India to Colombo is past. If the political conditions allow it, drives occasionally an old ferry boat from a pier in front of Rameswaram to a pier in front Talaimannar. For several years, the former Dhanushkodi be reached again as a pilgrim and tourist destination on a paved road.