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The Bay Below Fort Frederick

Dutch Bay — Trincomalee town, below Fort Frederick

The beach on Dutch Bay in Trincomalee, below the Koneswaram temple headlandBEACH ON DUTCH BAYPhoto by David Stanley on Wikimedia Commons
Trincomalee town, below Fort FrederickPhoto — David Stanley

Swimming off a town beach with the Koneswaram temple cliff at one end and a 17th-century fort at the other.

A sheltered bay on the tip of the Trincomalee peninsula, running about 1.2 km between the Swami Rock headland and Fort Frederick. Fishing boats moor along the sand below the fort walls.

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8.5700° N, 81.2387° EOSM