Oluvil Lighthouse
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 Sri Lanka , Ampara District
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| Location: | On the beach of Oluvil | |
| Geographical location: | 7 ° 17'25.5 " N , 81 ° 52'2" E | |
| Fire carrier height : | 79 ft (24.1 m ) | |
| Fire height : | 82 ft (25 m ) | |
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| Identifier : | Fl.W.10s | |
| Construction time: | 1999 | |
| International ordinal number: | F 0845 | |
Oluvil Lighthouse ( Sinhalese ඕලුවිල් ප්රදීපාගාරය Oluvil pradīpāgāraya ) is a lighthouse ( English Lighthouse ) in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka .
The 24 m high round tower stands on the beach of Oluvil, a town on the east coast of Sri Lanka, about 12 kilometers south of Kalmunai . It was built and put into operation in 1999 as part of the construction of a new concrete fishing port for the region . A single-storey building for the technical equipment belongs to the structure. The beacon has a fire height of 25 m and shows as an identifier a white flash with a return of 10 seconds (Fl.W.10s).
Oluvil was particularly hard hit by the 2004 tsunami , with the lighthouse also being damaged. The subsequent clean-up work also delayed the completion of the port. It was finally put into operation in 2013.
See also
Web links
- Oluvil Lighthouse. Amazing Lanka(English).
- Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Sri Lanka ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved November 30, 2019.