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Trincomalee Harbour is a seaport in Trincomalee Bay or Koddiyar Bay, fourth largest
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in the world and situated on the northeastern coast of
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. Located by
Trincomalee Trincomalee (; , ; , ), historically known as Gokanna and Gokarna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee District and major resort port city of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Located on the east coast o ...
,
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, in the heart of the
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, its strategic importance has shaped its
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. There have been many sea battles to control the harbour. The Portuguese, Dutch, French, and the British have each held it in turn. In 1942 the
Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, Potsdam Declaration, when it was dissolved followin ...
attacked Trincomalee harbour and sank three British warships anchored there.


History

Trincomalee Harbour, formerly a British naval base, was taken over by the Inaams Ceylonese government in 1956 to be developed as a commercial port. The base in Trincomalee was fitted out to perform slipway repairs for the Navy. The harbour is being developed for bulk, and break bulk, cargo and port-related industrial activities including heavy industries, tourism, agriculture, etc. At present SLPA is in the process to re-develop Trincomalee as a metropolis growth center.


Geography

The harbour, one of the largest natural harbours in the world, is overlooked by terraced highlands, and its entrance is guarded by two headlands. The harbour has 1630 hectares of water, while the entrance channel is 500 metres wide. The bay includes the first of a number
submarine canyon A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley cut into the seabed of the continental slope, sometimes extending well onto the continental shelf, having nearly vertical walls, and occasionally having canyon wall heights of up to , from canyon flo ...
s, making Trincomalee one of the finest deep-sea
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s in the world.


Port facilities and operation

The Port of Trincomalee works on a 24-hour basis. It is open every day of the year, except on May Day, when only daylight navigation is open.


Port dimensions

Water - Entrance channel - Land Area -


See also

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SLN Dockyard Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Dockyard is the largest naval base of the Sri Lanka Navy and a major shipyard located in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Established by the United Kingdom, British as the Royal Naval Dockyard, Trincomalee, it was home to the East Indi ...
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List of ports in Sri Lanka The following is a list of ports in Sri Lanka. All ports and harbours in Sri Lanka are maintained and governed by the Government of Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. List of ports See also * ' External links Sri Lanka Ports ...
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Port of Colombo The Port of Colombo , (known as Port of Kolomtota during the early 14th Century Kotte Kingdom) is the largest and busiest port in Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean. Located in Colombo, on the southwestern shores on the Kelani River, it serves as a ...
* Sri Lanka Ports Authority *
List of deepest natural harbours This article presents a non-exhaustive list of the world’s deepest natural harbours. Often formed by flooded estuary, estuaries, ria, rias, fjords, or coastal basins, natural harbours are valued for their protection from ocean swell, deep Navi ...


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* * {{Ports of Sri Lanka Ports and harbours of Sri Lanka Kingdom of Kotte Transport in Trincomalee