Oluvil Lighthouse

Oluvil Lighthouse

Location	Oluvil Ampara District Sri Lanka
Coordinates	07°17′25.5″N 81°52′02.2″E
Tower
Constructed	1999[1]
Construction	concrete tower
Height	24 metres (79 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern[4]
Markings	white tower and lantern
Operator	Sri Lanka Ports Authority
Light
First lit	1999[2]
Focal height	24.9 metres (82 ft)
Characteristic	Fl W 10s.[3]

Oluvil Lighthouse (Sinhala: ඔලුවිල් ප්‍රදීපාගාරය) is a lighthouse situated on the southern east coast of Sri Lanka at Oluvil, which is located approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Kalmunai.[4][5]

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

• List of lighthouses in Sri Lanka

References

1. "Oluvil Light house". ceylonlanka.info. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
2. "Milestones". Sri Lanka Ports Authority. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
3. "Oluvil Light". Lighthouse Explorer. Foghorn Publishing. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
4. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Sri Lanka". The Lighthouse Directory. 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. 21 November 2013.
7. Sirimane, Shirajiv (1 September 2013). "Oluvil Port Development project to create 10,000 jobs by 2015". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. 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.

External links

• Sri Lanka Ports Authority
• Lighthouses of Sri Lanka