Castle Rock, Karnataka

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Castle Rock is a town in the Indian state of Karnataka, located at 15.4167° N 74.3333° E. The town is located in the Western Ghats on the state's border with Goa at an elevation of 621 m (2,040 ft)^[1].

Located at an elevation in a heavily forested area, Castle Rock's vegetation is moist tropical deciduous. Manganese mines^[2] in the area form the main economy of the region. The area, which is within the Dandeli Tiger Reserve is also heavily habited by them.

For many years the town marked the frontier between Portuguese-held Goa and British-held India. A metre gauge railway line used to connect the Goan towns of Vasco and Margao with the rest of India and was the only rail link in the state till the Konkan Railway started services in the early 1990s. In the early-1990s, the Indian Railways converted the metre gauge line to broad gauge, thus connecting the old rail network with the rest of India. Metre gauge tracks can still be seen at the local railway station.

The nearby Dudhsagar Falls is one of the main tourist attractions of Goa.

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1. ^ Castle Rock, India Accessed 2006-04-29
2. ^ Riding Days & Jungle Nights Accessed 2006-04-29

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