Chetwai Lighthouse Explained

Location:Chettuva, Kerala
India
Coordinates:10.5539°N 76.0173°W
Yearbuilt:1986
Construction:concrete tower
Shape:cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern
Marking:white and red horizontal bands
Height:30m (100feet)
Focalheight:33.8m (110.9feet)
Lightsource:500 W Halogen Lamp (220/250 V AC)
Range:[1]
Characteristic:Fl (2) W 20s.

The Chetwai Lighthouse is situated at Chettuva near Guruvayur in Thrissur District of Kerala. It was inaugurated on 29 September 1986.[2] The tower is a 30-meter tall concrete structure. There did not exist any lighthouse earlier to the present one at this place. The light source was changed on 30 April 2003.[3] [4]

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  1. http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouse.aspx?Consent_id=251&Module_id=16&LocationId=6&LangId=1 Chetwai Lighthouse
  2. 7 February 2016.
  3. Web site: Indian Lighthouses: An Overview . DGLL . 21 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141218163515/http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/Publication/Publication_Pdf_File/LighthousesofIndia(2).pdf . 18 December 2014 . live.
  4. Web site: Lighthouses in Kerala . 21 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150319042907/http://kerala.bizhat.com/lighthouses.html . 19 March 2015 . live.