Order creating the Ussangoda National Park under the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance

I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2010'05'06 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 06.05.2010 1A w;s úfYI wxl 1652$49 - 2010 uehs 06 jeks n%yiam;skaod - 2010'05'06 No. 1652/49 - THURSDAY, MAY 06, 2010 EXTRAORDINARY The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications 1A L.D.–B 9/73 THE FAUNA AND FLORA PROTECTION ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 469) Order under subsection (1) of Section 2 BY virtue of the powers vested in me by subsection (1) of Section 2 of the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance (Chapter 469), I, Patali Champika Ranawaka, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, do by this Order— (1) declare the area of State land described in the Schedule to this Order, to be a National Reserve for the purposes of the aforesaid Ordinance ; and (2) declare the aforesaid National Reserve comprising the area of land described in the Schedule hereto to be a National Park and that such National Park shall be called and known as the “Ussangoda National Park.”. PATALI CHAMPIKA RANAWAKA, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Colombo, 5th February, 2010. SCHEDULE LIMITS OF AREA OF LAND COMPRISING THE USSANGODA NATIONAL PARK All that area of land comprising in extent 349.077 Hectares, situated within the Divisional Secretary’s Division of Ambalanthota in the Administrative District of Hambantota in the Southern Province and bounded within the following Global Positioning System (GPS) points, as are set out below :— North : From the starting point on the western boundary of the Kalametiya Sanctuary across N 99941 E 222453, N 100011 E 222603, N 99776 E 222676, N 99726 E 222715, N 99624 E 222867, N99786 E 222976, N99895 E 222852, N 99947 E 222799, N 99979 E 222772, N 100066 E 222747, N 100108 Y%S ,xld m%cd;dka;%sl iudcjd§ ckrcfha .eiÜ m;%h I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2010'05'06 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 06.05.2010 2A E 222821, N 100431 E 223079, N 100666 E 222980, N 100957 E 222964, N 100955 E 223046, N 100906 E 223069, N 100939 E 223432, N 100667 E 223775 ; East : From the last mentioned point N 100667 E 223775 across points N 100599 E 223820, N 100590 E 223856, N 100459 E 223829, N 100434 E 223824, N 100445 E 223869, N 100426 E 223876, N 100298 E 223833, N 100064 E 223902, N 100026 E 223902, N 99964 E 223905, N 99862 E 223933 to the point where the line meets the shore line of the Indian ocean ; South : from the last mentioned point N 99862 E 223933 where the line meets the shore line of the Indian Ocean, across N 98552 E 223563, N 98473 E 223803, N 98672 E 2233973, N 98771 E 224100, N 98807 E224468, N 99047 E 224539, N 98245 E 223082 situated within the Indian Ocean, to N 99026 E 222416 at which point the sea shore meets the Indian Ocean ; West : from the last mentioned point N 99026 E 222416 across N 99219 E 222436, N 99262 E 222403, N 99289 E 222366, N 99276 E 222175,to the point where the line meets the western boundary of the Kalametiya Sanctuary at N 99258 E 222047, and from the point across N 99388 E 222052, N 99539 E 222099, N 99722 E 222229, N 99795 E 222276, N 99873 E 222346 to N 99941 E 222453 to the first mentioned point of the Kalametiya Sanctuary. 05-479 PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA.