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Lighthouses of Sri Lanka


Dondra Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire and used as an aid to navigation and to pilots at sea or on inland waterways.

Lighthouses are used to mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals and reefs, and safe entries to harbours and can also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and replacement by modern electronic navigational aids.

According to the ARLHS there are 25 light houses in Sri Lanka. Out them there are 14 active lighthouses. While most of these lighthouses are under the control of Ports Authority while others are under the control of the Sri Lanka Navy.

Map

 

Lighthouse Location / Name
Completed
Height
Status
Barberyn
1890
34m
Active
Batticaloa
1913
28m
Active
Chapel Hill (Trincomalee Bay)
Colombo (New)
1952
34m
Active
Colombo (Oldest) H
Decommissioned
Colombo Old Clock Tower Lighthouse
1860
29m
Decommissioned
Colombo Island Breakwater North End
Colombo Island Breakwater South End
Colombo Northeast Breakwater
Colombo Southwest Breakwater
Dondra Head
1890
49m
Active
Foul Point
1863
32m
Inactive
Galle
1939
26.5m
Active
Great Basses Reef
1873
37m
Active
Hambantota
Kankesantura
1893
22m
Active
Kevuliya/Kevuliya/Round Island Kevuliya/Round Island/Trincomalee : Round Island/Kevuliya/Kevuliya
1863
21m
Active
Kovilan Point (Karaitivu Island)
1916
30m
Active
Little Basses Reef
1878
37m
Active
Mannar Island (New)/Talaimannar (New) Talaimannar (New)/Mannar Island (New)
1915
19m
Active
Mannar Island (Old)/Urumalai/Talaimannar (Old) Talaimannar (Old)/Mannar Island (Old)/Urumalai : Urumalai/Talaimannar (Old)/Mannar Island (Old)
Mullaittivu
1896
20m
Inactive
Oluvil
1999
24m
Active
Point Pedro
1916
32m
Inactive
Sangama Kanda Point

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