Great Basses Reef Lighthouse

Great Basses Reef Lighthouse

Great Basses Reef Lighthouse
Sri Lanka
Location South of Sri Lanka
Coordinates 6°10′55.46″N 81°28′58.82″E / 6.1820722°N 81.4830056°E / 6.1820722; 81.4830056Coordinates: 6°10′55.46″N 81°28′58.82″E / 6.1820722°N 81.4830056°E / 6.1820722; 81.4830056
Year first constructed 1873
Construction Scottish granite tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern
Height 37 metres (121 ft)
Focal height 34 metres (112 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 34 nautical miles (63 km; 39 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 15s.
Admiralty number F0840
NGA number 27272
ARLHS number SLI-010
Managing agent Sri Lanka Ports Authority[1]

Great Basses Reef Lighthouse is an offshore lighthouse in the south of Sri Lanka, and it is operated and maintained by the Sri Lanka Navy. It is located on a reef 13 km off the coast of Yala National Park, near Little Basses Reef Lighthouse. It is accessible only by boat. The two Basses lighthouses, 'Great' and 'Little', are among the most famous offshore lighthouses of Asia.

History

The lighthouse was designed by Alexander Gordon and Sir James Nicholas Douglass in 1867. Each block weighs 2 to 3 tons.[2] It withstood the force of the tsunami with only modest damage; it was repaired with assistance from the UK lighthouse authorities Trinity House and The Northern Lighthouse Board.

The reef is the site of the Great Basses wreck, an early 18th-century wreck of an Indian ship, carrying a treasure of silver rupees, that was discovered by Arthur C. Clarke and Mike Wilson in 1961.

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References

  1. ↑ Great Basses Reef The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 2, 2016
  2. ↑ Clarke, Arthur C. (1974). The treasure of the Great Reef (1st revised ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. pp. 15–16. ISBN 0345238451.

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