Little Basses Reef Lighthouse
  Sri Lanka | |
| Location |
Kuda Ravana Kotuwa Southern Sri Lanka |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 6°24′26″N 81°43′49″E / 6.407283°N 81.730255°ECoordinates: 6°24′26″N 81°43′49″E / 6.407283°N 81.730255°E |
| Year first constructed | 1878 |
| Automated | n/a |
| Construction | granite tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white tower with a black horizontal band |
| Height | 37 metres (121 ft) |
| Focal height | 34 metres (112 ft) |
| Range | 27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | VQ (2) W 10s. |
| Admiralty number | F0842 |
| NGA number | 27268 |
| ARLHS number | SLI-014[2] |
Little Basses Reef Lighthouse is an offshore Lighthouse in South of Sri Lanka and it is operated and maintained by the Sri Lanka Navy. It is located on a reef called Kuda Ravana Kotuwa (Fort of Little Ravana), but when the British invaded Ceylon they named it Little Basses (fourteen km off the coast of Yala National Park and north east of the Great Basses Reef Lighthouse. The two Basses lighthouses are among the most famous offshore lighthouses of Asia.
The lighthouse was designed by Sir James Nicholas Douglass and built by William Douglass. It withstood the force of a tsunami in 2004 with only modest damage; it was repaired with assistance from the UK lighthouse authorities Trinity House and The Northern Lighthouse Board.
The lighthouse is close to Daedalus Rock, site of the sinking of HMS Daedalus (1811).
See also
References
- ↑ Little Basses Light Lighthouses Explorer
- ↑ Little Basses Reef The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 1, 2016
