Totapolakanda

Totapolakanda
Totapolakanda as seen from Pattipola railway station
Highest point
Elevation	2,357 m (7,733 ft)
Coordinates	6°49′59″N 80°49′11″E / 6.83306°N 80.81972°E / 6.83306; 80.81972
Geography
Totapolakanda Sri Lanka

Totapolakanda (also Thotupolakanda or Thotupola Kanda), is the third highest mountain in Sri Lanka situated in Nuwara Eliya district 2,357 m (7,733 ft) above mean sea level.^[1] The mountain is located within the Horton Plains National Park. A trail to the top of the mountain, about two kilometres long, starts a few metres away from the Pattipola entrance to the Horton Plains National Park. Most parts of the mountain surface is covered with shrubs adapted to the cool and windy climate of Horton Plains National Park. Strobilanthes, Osbeckia and Rhodomyrtus species grown as shrubs are common among them.