Palk Strait — Sri Lanka
Point Calimere - Valvettithurai
- 61.5 km
- Distance
- Point Calimere ↔ Valvettithurai
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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- Crossings
- 4
- Swimmers
- 3
- Countries
- 1
- Women
- 0%
- Median time
- 26:52
- Busiest month
- April
Crossings per year
Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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| Year | Crossings | Skin | Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear | Best | Median time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25:44 | 25:44 |
| 1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42:00 | 42:00 |
| 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1954 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28:00 | 28:00 |
When people swim it
The month with most crossings is April.
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| Month | Crossings | % |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0% |
| February | 0 | 0% |
| March | 1 | 33% |
| April | 2 | 67% |
| May | 0 | 0% |
| June | 0 | 0% |
| July | 0 | 0% |
| August | 0 | 0% |
| September | 0 | 0% |
| October | 0 | 0% |
| November | 0 | 0% |
| December | 0 | 0% |
Women and men
0%Women
- Women0 · 0%
- Men4 · 100%
Equipment and format
4Crossings
- Skin · Solo4 · 100%
Where swimmers come from
1Countries
- 🇮🇳 India2 · 100%
Time distribution
Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 30:22, median 26:52.
Times year by year
Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.
Median timeBest
The record over time
Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.
Skin · Solo
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1966 | Mihir Sen🇮🇳 | 25:44 | −2:16 |
| 1954 | Murugapillai Navratnaswami | 28:00 | — |
Countries
- 🇮🇳 India2
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| Country | Crossings | Women | Best | First from the country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇳 India | 2 | 0 | 25:44 | Mihir Sen🇮🇳 · Apr 5, 1966 |
Where swimmers land
- Point Calimere2
- Point Calimere, India2