Oluvil Lighthouse Explained

Location:Oluvil
Ampara District
Sri Lanka
Yearbuilt:1999[1]
Yearlit:1999[2]
Construction:concrete tower
Shape:cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern[3]
Marking:white tower and lantern
Height:24m (79feet)
Focalheight:24.9m (81.7feet)
Characteristic:Fl W 10s.
Managingagent:Sri Lanka Ports Authority

Oluvil Lighthouse (Sinhala; Sinhalese: ඔලුවිල් ප්‍රදීපාගාරය) is a lighthouse situated on the southern east coast of Sri Lanka at Oluvil, which is located approximately 12km (07miles) south of Kalmunai.[3] [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.[5] The 24m (79feet) high white cylindrical concrete lighthouse tower[6] was built in 1999 as a part of the development of Oluvil Harbour[3] [7] and it was constructed with lantern and gallery, attached to a one-story small equipment building.[3]

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.[3] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oluvil Light house. ceylonlanka.info. 8 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Milestones. Sri Lanka Ports Authority. 9 February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150209081842/http://www.slpa.lk/milstones.asp?chk=1. 9 February 2015.
  3. 8 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Oluvil Light. Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. 8 February 2015.
  5. Web site: Oluvil Lighthouse. 21 November 2013 . amazinglanka.com.
  6. Web site: Oluvil Light. Lighthouse Explorer. Foghorn Publishing. 9 February 2015.
  7. News: Oluvil Port Development project to create 10,000 jobs by 2015. Sunday Observer. 1 September 2013. Sirimane. Shirajiv. 9 February 2015. 1 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130901121811/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2013/09/01/fea11.asp. live.
  8. Web site: Muslims on Tsunami hit southeast coast suffer heavily. Tamilnet. 31 December 2004. 9 February 2015.
  9. Web site: Oluvil Lighthouse. RSP Holdings. The Sri Lanka Guide. 8 February 2015.