Oluvil Lighthouse

Oluvil Lighthouse

Oluvil Lighthouse
Sri Lanka
Location Oluvil
Ampara District
Sri Lanka
Coordinates 07°17′25.5″N 81°52′02.2″E / 7.290417°N 81.867278°E / 7.290417; 81.867278Coordinates: 07°17′25.5″N 81°52′02.2″E / 7.290417°N 81.867278°E / 7.290417; 81.867278
Year first constructed 1999[1]
Year first lit 1999[2]
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern
Height 24 metres (79 ft)
Focal height 24.9 metres (82 ft)
Characteristic Fl W 10s.[3]
Admiralty number F0845[4]
NGA number not listed
ARLHS number SLI 026[5]
Managing agent Sri Lanka Ports Authority

Oluvil Lighthouse (Sinhalese: ඔලුවිල් ප්‍රදීපාගාරය) is a lighthouse situated on the southern east coast of Sri Lanka at Oluvil, which is located approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Kalmunai.[4]

The lighthouse is operated and maintained by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. It is the first lighthouse erected after the Sri Lankan independence, until the Hambantota Port and the Colombo Port expansion occurred in 2012-13.[6] The 24 metres (79 ft) high white cylindrical concrete lighthouse tower[3] was built in 1999 as a part of the development of Oluvil Harbour[4][7] and it was constructed with lantern and gallery, attached to a one story small equipment building.[4]

The lighthouse was declared open on 19 June 1999 by then Sri Lanka's Minister for Port Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader M. H. M. Ashraff.

2004 Tsunami

In 2004, following the Indian Ocean tsunami, the harbor, town and the lighthouse tower were damaged[8] but the damage has been repaired.[4][9]

See also


References

  1. ↑ "Oluvil Light house". ceylonlanka.info. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Milestones". Sri Lanka Ports Authority. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Oluvil Light". Lighthouse Explorer. Foghorn Publishing. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Rowlett, Russ (13 February 2006). "Lighthouses of Sri Lanka". www.unc.edu. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Oluvil Light". Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Oluvil Lighthouse". amazinglanka.com.
  7. ↑ Sirimane, Shirajiv (1 September 2013). "Oluvil Port Development project to create 10,000 jobs by 2015". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Muslims on Tsunami hit southeast coast suffer heavily". Tamilnet. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Oluvil Lighthouse". The Sri Lanka Guide. RSP Holdings. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

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