Point Pedro Lighthouse
| Point Pedro Lighthouse Point Padro Lighthouse |
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| Place: |
 Sri Lanka , Point Pedro
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| Location: | On the northeasternmost point of Sri Lanka | |
| Geographical location: | 9 ° 49 '36.9 " N , 80 ° 14' 58.8" E | |
| Fire carrier height : | 105 ft (32 m ) | |
| Fire height : | 102 ft (31.1 m ) | |
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| Identifier : | Fl.W.5s | |
| Scope knows: | 10 nm (18.5 km ) | |
| Construction time: | 1916 | |
| International ordinal number: | F 0870 | |
Point Pedro Lighthouse , occasionally also Point Padro Lighthouse ( Sinhala පේදුරු තුඩුව ප්රදීපාගාරය ), is a lighthouse ( English Lighthouse ) in the northern province of Sri Lanka .
The 32 m high round tower was built in 1916 by the British colonial administration in Point Pedro . The beacon marks the northeasternmost point of the island and the transition from the Bengal Gulf to the Palk Strait . The fire height is 31 m and a white lightning bolt with a return of 5 seconds (Fl.W.5s) is shown as an identifier .
During the civil war the beacon was out of order. The tower now stands next to a towering transmission tower in a military base of the Sri Lankan Navy .
See also
Web links
- Point Padro Lighthouse. Amazing Lanka(English).
- Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Sri Lanka ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved December 7, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to Amazing Lanka, "all the glass and the lamp is destroyed and covered by black polythene", but according to the List of Lights (Pub. 112) and Navionics the beacon is in operation.