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The Coromandel Coast is the southeastern coastal region of the Indian subcontinent, bounded by the Utkal Plains to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Kaveri delta to the south, and the Eastern Ghats to the west, extending over an area of about 22,800 square kilometres. [1] The coast has an average elevation of 80 metres and is backed ...
Coromandel Coast, broad coastal plain in eastern Tamil Nadu state, southern India. Extending over an area of about 8,800 square miles (22,800 square km), it is bounded by the Utkal Plains to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Kaveri delta to the south, and the Eastern Ghats to the west.
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Jan 16, 2019 · The southeastern coast of India is home to an interesting coastline which is known as the Coromandel Coast. The coast gets its name from the Dutch who mispronounced the name of a village found in the region known as Karimanal. Upon settling on the village, the Dutch named the coast as the Corimondal. The British who later settled along the ...
Mahabalipuram (or Mamallapuram), located along southeastern India’s Coromandel Coast, was a celebrated port city of the Pallavas. The group of monuments there consists of rock-cut cave temples, monolithic temples, bas-relief sculptures, and structural temples as well as the excavated remains of temples. The Pallava dynasty, which ruled this ...
Jan 22, 2018 · A ship of the British Royal Navy, it stopped at the town in 1820 to purchase kauri spars and was itself named after India’s Coromandel Coast. Even more, interestingly, there is another theory about how the coast got its name. According to local folklore, it is believed that the first Dutch ship to India stopped at Karimanal (an island village ...
The ship was named for the Coromandel Coast of India. Geography. The peninsula is steep and hilly and largely covered in bush. The Coromandel Range forms the spine for most of the peninsula, with the Moehau Range at the northern end providing the highest point at nearly 900 metres (3,000 ft).
Feb 14, 2017 · Colours of the Coromandel Coast. If Machilipatnam is proud of its past, its careful not to show it. You look around for traces of a once-upon-a-time famous port and all you come away with are glimpses of typical small-town Andhra. Dusty roads, ubiquitous bus stops, several marketplaces. There are no signboards here to lead you to the land that ...
