Adam's Peak (Sri Pada), is a 2,243 m (7,359 ft) tall sacred mountain located in central Sri Lanka. It is well known for the "Sri Pada", i.e., "sacred footprint", a 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) rock formation near the summit, which in Buddhist tradition is held to be the footprint of the Buddha, in Hindu tradition that of Shiva and in Islamic and Christian tradition that of Adam, or that of St. Thomas. In Islamic tradition it is the site where Adam fell to earth and where his footprint can be found.