Nellai Wildlife Sanctuary

Indian wildlife sanctuary

Nellai Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] It is most renowned for its famous mountains. Out of the 29 such mountain peaks, Sivagiri Mala is considered the highest point at 1,748 m and Ramakkalteri is a great tourist attraction.^[2] Nellai Wildlife Sanctuary earned the title of ‘wildlife sanctuary’ in the year 2015.^[1] It is a protected wildlife sanctuary.^[3]

Location

It is spread across an area of 35,673.33 ha in the Tirunelveli forest division.^[1] It is stretched across various mountain ranges with dense forested areas. A few of the highest peaks include: Sivagiri Mala (431 m), Totti Mala (381 m), Aruitalai Mottai (231 m) and Kalli Mala (88 m).^[2] The board landscape of Nellai Wildlife Sanctuary shares boundaries with tiger and grizzled squirrel reserves.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "TNFOREST :: Tamil Nadu Forest Department". Forests.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
^ ^a ^b "Nellai WLS". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
^ "Protected Area Gazette Notification Database (Tamil Nadu)". www.wiienvis.nic.in. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
^ https://www.forests.tn.gov.in/tnforest/app/webroot/img/document/WILDLIFE-CONSERVATIONA-AND-MANAGEMENT-IN-TAMILNADU.pdf ^{[dead link]}^{[bare URL PDF]}