Comma placement

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Comma placement

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"the island of Sri Lanka, in a seaside village named Galle."

I was told to remove the comma in the second sentence. Please is my comma placement incorrect?
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I'd need the whole sentence, but it does seem the comma is incorrect here.
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Post by Acalaue João »

kandscreeley wrote: ↑03 Apr 2022, 18:15 I'd need the whole sentence, but it does seem the comma is incorrect here.
The whole sentence is needed in order to provide the complete context in which the sentence was written. Nevertheless, the second comma is odd.
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