Kovilan Point Lighthouse Kovilan Point Lighthouse is one of lighthouses in the country. It is located in the northwestern coast of the island of Karaitivu in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka.
The lighthouse is said to be constructed in 1916. It is a round masonry tower and 30 m tall. Admiralty number : F0874 NGA number : 27212 ARLHS number : SLI-013 [Admiralty number is from Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals,
U.S. NGA number is from National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. ARLHS number is from Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society.] A protected monument
The Lighthouse situated in the area called Kovilan in the Grama Niladhari Wasama No. J/41, Karainagar of the Karainagar Divisional Secretary’s Division is an archaeological protected monument, declared by a government Gazette notification published on 22 July 2011. Attribution 1) Karainagar 2 by Paranikanth02 is licensed under CC BY SA 4.0 References
1) The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. No: 1716. 22 July 2011. p.512.
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