Colombo Lighthouse
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 Sri Lanka , Colombo
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| Location: | At Galbokka Point, on the city's waterfront | |
| Geographical location: | 6 ° 56 '10.4 " N , 79 ° 50' 26.8" E | |
| Fire carrier height : | 49 ft (14.9 m ) | |
| Fire height : | 85 ft (25.9 m ) | |
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| Identifier : | Fl (3) W.10s | |
| Scope knows: | 25 nm (46.3 km ) | |
| Construction time: | 1952 | |
| Operating time: | since 1952 | |
| International ordinal number: | F 0804 | |
Colombo Lighthouse , occasionally Colombo Galbokka Lighthouse ( Sinhala කොලඹ ගල්බොක්ක ප්රදීපාගාරය ), is a lighthouse ( English Lighthouse ) in Colombo , the capital of Sri Lanka .
The almost 15 m high stone round tower was built in 1952 on Galbokka Point, the remains of an old fort . The construction on the waterfront of Colombo became necessary because the Old Clock Tower Lighthouse in the city center was increasingly being hidden by neighboring buildings.
The new beacon has a fire height of 26 m and shows as an identifier a group of three white flashes with a return of ten seconds (Fl (3) W.10s). For better recognition as a landmark , the tower on the lake side is painted black and white.
See also
Web links
Commons : Colombo Lighthouse - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Colombo Galbokka Lighthouse. Amazing Lanka(English).
- Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Sri Lanka ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved December 4, 2019.