Jaffna Lagoon

Jaffna Lagoon

Jaffna Lagoon is located in between the Jaffna peninsula and the mainland of the Indian Ocean's Island, today's Sri Lanka.

Jaffna Lagoon has the strategic importance in the on-going civil war between the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE.


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