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Palk Strait — India · Sri Lanka · Malawi

Dhanushkodi - Talaimannar

35.3 km
Distance
Talaimannar, Sri Lanka ↔ Dhanushkodi, India
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

The crossing

Talaimannar, Sri Lanka ↔ Dhanushkodi, India: 35.3 km between start and finish coasts. Our archive contains 24 crossings by swimmers from 2 countries.

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.

Source: Rassegna stampa. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.