{{Short description|Mountain range in Sri Lanka}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Namunukula | other_name = | image = Namunukula.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Namunukula, as seen from Collen Estate in Badulla. | image_size = | elevation_m = 2036 | prominence_m = 1012 | map = Sri Lanka | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = 150 | label_position = | listing = Ribu | location = Sri Lanka | range = | coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | region = | topo = | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Namunukula''', literally "Nine Peaks" in Sinhala language, is the name of a mountain range in Sri Lanka's province of Uva. Its main peak is {{convert|2036|m|ft|1}} high.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Cluster Of Nine Peaks: Namunukula |url=http://serendib.btoptions.lk/article.php?id=1972 |accessdate=2 May 2020 |date=February 2017}}</ref> The nearby town is also sometimes called '''Namunukula Town'''.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CE/35/Namunukula.html Falling Rain]</ref>
During the Ming treasure voyages of the 15th century, the Chinese fleet led by Admiral Zheng He made use of this geographical feature in their navigation to Sri Lanka, as the mountain is the first visible landmark of Sri Lanka after departing from Sumatra.<ref>{{cite book | last=Dreyer | first=Edward L. | title=Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405–1433 | year=2007 | publisher=Pearson Longman | location=New York | isbn=9780321084439 | authorlink=Edward L. Dreyer | p=69}}</ref>
== See also == * Badulla
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{{UvaLK-geo-stub}} Category:Mountain ranges of Sri Lanka Category:Landforms of Badulla District Category:Two-thousanders of Asia Category:Populated places in Uva Province