Elephant Pass

Elephant Pass

Elephant Pass, (Tamil: ஆனையிறவு, Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ) Northern Province, Sri Lanka is an important military base and formerly the island's largest salt field, located in the gateway of Jaffna Peninsula, Tamils' mainland. It has thus regularly been the site of battles during the civil war.

Elephant Pass controls access to the Jaffna Peninsula, therefor it is referred to as the "Gateway to Jaffna". It is very crucial as it is on the isthmus connecting the peninsula to the Sri Lankan mainland, as well as to territory in the Southern Jaffna peninsula. Elephant Pass connects the militarily significant town of Chavakacheri in the Jaffna peninsula to the Sri Lankan mainland.

Elephant pass has been a strategic military base since 1760, when the Portuguese built a fort, which was later rebuilt and garrisoned by the Dutch and then the British. A modern military base was built there in 1952 by the Sri Lankan Army and it was in its control until 2000, despite repeated attempts by the LTTE to capture it in 1991 (see "First Battle of Elephant Pass"), the LTTE suffered heavy losses while trying to capture the Elephant pass. However the Sri Lankan Army lost control of the Elephant Pass to the LTTE on April 22, 2000 after it withdrew from it following the Second Battle of Elephant Pass, which was a major military loss. [ [http://brcslproject.gn.apc.org/slmonitor/april2000/tiger.html Sri Lanka Monitor ] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/735009.stm BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Sri Lankan army on the ropes ] ] [ [http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/apr2000/sri-a25.shtml Military debacle at Elephant Pass set to trigger political crisis in Sri Lanka ] ] [ [http://brcslproject.gn.apc.org/slmonitor/april2000/tiger.html Sri Lanka Monitor ] ] [ [http://www.socialismtoday.org/48/srilanka.html Socialism Today - Decisive moment in Sri Lanka ] ] .

See also

*Place names in Sri Lanka
*Forts of Sri Lanka

References


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