Cave · Meemure · Central
The Saltpeter Cave in the Knuckles
Nitro Cave — 12 km from Meemure
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The name records its history: nitre scraped from these walls once went into gunpowder.
A cave deep in the Knuckles range, reached by a guided trek of about 11 kilometres from Thangappuwa via Corbett's Gap. Its walls hold deposits of nitre — saltpeter — once collected for gunpowder, and a large bat colony roosts inside.
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7.4177° N, 80.8705° ECarto · OSM
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