Dolphin's Nose, Coonoor
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Dolphin's Nose Viewpoint is a tourist spot in Coonoor
Coonoor
Coonoor is a town and a municipality in the Nilgiris district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is known for its production of Nilgiri tea....

, The Nilgiris District
The Nilgiris District
The Nilgiris District is in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri is also the name given to a range of mountains spread across the states of Tamilnadu as well as Karnataka and Kerala. The Nilgiri Hills are part of a larger mountain chain known as the Western Ghats...

, Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. Dolphin's Nose is well over 1,000 feet above sea level, 10 km from Coonoor and is a spectacular spot to visit. The tip of the peak resembles like a Dolphin Nose and so it is named as Dolphin's Nose. It is an enormous rock formation that is entirely unique. There are gigantic ravines found both to the left and right of Dolphin's Nose and there is a view of inspiring Catherine Falls with its continuing stream several thousand metres below which is located a relatively short distance away opposite of the Dolphin's Nose. Best part of spot are the hairpin turns and tea plantations on the way

View point

The Dolphin's nose is a place that stimulates your senses. It offers a panoramic sight of the surrounding areas: haughty mountains, winding streams, and extensive tea gardens. On a clear bright day, you can view the Catherine falls from Dolphin's Nose. This popular view point in Coonoor gets its name from the fact that the peak resembles a nose of a dolphin from one side. Dolphin's nose is set on one of the fault lines in the district and offers a view of the plains in the background, forests on one side and of beautiful small hamlets of settlements in between these views.An irregular curve rounds the hill side which leads to a point where a flat rock projects over a terrible chasm of 6600 feet deep. A painter's paradise, Dolphin's hill is the nearest destination from all the major hill stations of nilgiri hills

Tourist spot

The following are the tourist spot located in coonoor
Coonoor
Coonoor is a town and a municipality in the Nilgiris district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is known for its production of Nilgiri tea....

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  • Lamb's Rock
  • Sim's Park
    Sim's Park, Coonoor
    Sim's Park is in Coonoor, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. It is an important tourist place to visit in Coonoor, at a height of 1780 meters above mean sea level.Here the maximum temperature goes up to 30 degree centigrade and the minimum falls to 5 degree centigrade. The average rain fall of this garden...

  • Droog Fort
    Droog Fort, Coonoor
    Droog Fort is a tourist spot in Coonoor, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. Droog Fort is also called by name of Bakasura Malai.It is situated only at a distance of 13 km from Coonoor, trekking must be undertaken to getting to this fort. This old and worn out fort approximate height is 6,000 ft...

  • Law's Falls
    Law's Falls, Coonoor
    Law's Falls is a tourist spot in Coonoor, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu.It is a beautiful picnic spot, named after a man named Col. Law, the man behind the construction of the new Coonoor ghat. Law's Falls is a small waterfall located on the Coonoor river near its junction with the Mettupalayam Ghat...

  • Katary Falls
  • Lady Canning Seat
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