This is a list of lighthouses in Sri Lanka. There are 14 active lighthouses in Sri Lanka. Most of the lighthouses in Sri Lanka are operated and maintained by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). However several are operated by the Sri Lanka Navy, while some are inactive.NGA List of Lights – Pub.112 Retrieved 14 November 2016
History Most of the lighthouses in Sri Lanka were built during the British rule of the country (then known as Ceylon). These were operated and maintained by the Imperial Lighthouse Service, however some lighthouses had keepers sent from Trinity House. After Sri Lanka gained independence the operation of the lighthouses was taken over by the Navy on a piecemeal basis with the completion of transfer by 1976. There are twenty five lighthouses in Sri Lanka, with sixteen of those being still active. Most of these lighthouses now fall under the control of Sri Lanka Ports Authority, whilst the remainder are under the control of the Sri Lanka Navy.
There are four international lighthouses, they are: Barberyn (Beruwala) Lighthouse Dondra Head Lighthouse Little Basses Reef Lighthouse Great Basses Reef Lighthouse
Lighthouses Name Image Yearbuilt Location & coordinates Class of Light Focalheight NGAnumber ARLHSnumber Rangenml Barberyn Lighthouse 1890 Beruwala Fl W 20s. 27288 SLI-002 27 Batticaloa Lighthouse 1913 Batticaloa Fl W 3s. 27260 SLI-003 10 Chapel Hill Lighthouse n/a Trincomalee District Fl W 10s. 27248 SLI-004 10 Colombo Lighthouse 1952 Colombo Fl (3) W 10s. 27336 SLI-005 25 Colombo Island Breakwater North End Lighthouse Image 1907 Colombo Harbour Fl G 3s. 27320 SLI-006 10 Colombo Island Breakwater South End Lighthouse Image 1905 Colombo Harbour Fl R 3s. 27316 SLI-007 10 Dondra Head Lighthouse 1889 Dondra Head Fl W 5s. 27276 SLI-001 28 Foul Point Lighthouse Image 1863 Trincomalee inactive (tower) n/a SLI-009 n/a Galle Lighthouse 1939 Galle Fort Fl (2) W 15s. 27284 SLI-018 25 Great Basses Reef Lighthouse 1873 Southern Province Fl W 15s. 27272 SLI-010 25 Hambantota Lighthouse Image 1913 Hambantota inactive (tower) n/a SLI-011 n/a Jaffna Channel Lighthouse n/a Fl (3) W 15s. 27220 n/a 13 Kankesanthurai Lighthouse Image 1893 Kankesanthurai inactive (tower) ex-27224 SLI-012 n/a Kovilan Point Lighthouse Image 1916 Karainagar inactive 27212 SLI-013 11 Little Basses Reef Lighthouse Image 1878 Southern Province V Q (2) W 10s. 27268 SLI-014 27 Mannar Island New Lighthouse 1915 Talaimannar Fl W 5s. 27364 SLI-015 10 Mannar Island Old Lighthouse 1915 Talaimannar n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Mullaitivu Lighthouse 1896 Mullaitivu destroyed 1996Fl (2) W 10s. 27232 SLI-016 10 Old Colombo Lighthouse 1860 Colombo inactivesince 1952 (tower) n/a SLI-021 n/a Oluvil Lighthouse 1999 Fl W 10s. n/a SLI-026 n/a Point Pedro Lighthouse 1916 Point Pedro Fl W 5s. 27228 SLI-017 10 ILavalai Light House [ 1916 ILavalai Fl W 5s. 27228 SLI-017 10 Pungudutivu Lighthouse n/a Pungudutivu Lighthouse Fl W 5s. 27216 n/a 11 Round Island Lighthouse 1863 Trincomalee Fl (3) WR 15s. 27244 SLI-019 10 Sangamankanda Point Lighthouse Image 1947 Fl W 5s. 27264 SLI-020 10
See also Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
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