List of lighthouses in India
There are many lighthouses along the long coastline of India and in the associated islands. They are administered by the Directorate General of Lighhouses and Lightships, Government of India.
They are categorized for administrative reasons into nine districts: Gandhidham, Jamnagar, Mumbai, Goa, Kochi, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata and Port Blair.[1]
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Office located in Port Blair:[2]
- Andaman Strait Eastern Entrance Lighthouse, Baratang
- Awes Island Lighthouse, near Mayabunder
- Barren Island, Andaman Islands
- Battimalv Lighthouse, Car Nicobar
- Bompoka, near Teressa (Nicobar Islands)
- Cape Connaught Lighthouse, Nancowry Island
- Chidiya Tapu Lighthouse, South Andaman Island
- Chowra Island, near Nancowry Island, Nicobar Islands
- East Island Lighthouse, Diglipur, North Andaman Island
- Indira Point, Great Nicobar Island
- Interview Island, Andaman Islands
- Kabra Island, Nicobar Islands
- Katchal Island (East Bay and West Bay)
- Keating Point Lighthouse, Car Nicobar
- Little Andaman
- Menchal Island, Nicobar Islands
- Middle Button Island, Ritchie's Archipelago
- Narcondam Island, Andaman Islands
- North Brother Island
- North Button Island, Ritchie's Archipelago
- North Cinque Island
- North Point Lighthouse, Port Blair
- Port Cornwallis Lighthouse, Ross Island
- Pulo Milo, Nicobar Islands
- Rosen Point Lighthouse, near Campbell Bay
- Rutland Island
- Sir Hugh Rose Island, Ritchie's Archipelago
- South Button Island, Ritchie's Archipelago
- South Sentinel Island, Andaman Islands
- Strait Island
- Tillanchang Lighthouse, Nicobar Islands
- Wilson Island, Ritchie's Archipelago
Andhra Pradesh
Office located in Visakhapatnam:
- Antervedi
- Armagon
- Bheemunipatnam
- Dolphin's Nose, Visakhapatnam
- Kalingapatnam
- Krishnapatnam
- Machilipatnam
- Nagayalanka
- Nizampatnam
- Pentakota
- Pudimadaka
- Ramayapatnam
- Sacramento Lighthouse, Bojjavaripeta
- Santapille Lighthouse, Chintapalli
- Vakalapudi, Kakinada
- Vodarevu
Chennai district
Tangasseri Lighthouse, Kollam city
Muttom Lighthouse
Office located in Chennai:
- Ammapattinam
- Anjengo
- Cape Comorin
- Chennai lighthouse
- Kilakarai lighthouse
- Kovilthottam lighthouse, Kollam
- Mahabalipuram lighthouse
- Manapad point
- Muttom point
- Nagapattinam
- Pamban island lighthouse
- Pandiyan Tivu Lighthouse, Tuticorin
- Passipattinam
- Point Calimere
- Pondicherry lighthouse, Puducherry
- Porto Novo
- Pulicat
- Rameswaram lighthouse
- Tangasseri Lighthouse, Kollam city
- Vizhinjam lighthouse
Goa
Fort Aguada lighthouse, Goa
Office located in Goa:
Kachchh district
Office located in Gandhidham:
Kerala
Cannanore lighthouse, Kannur
Worms eye view of the lighthouse on Minicoy
Office located in Kochi:
- Alappuzha lighthouse, Alappuzha
- Azhikode lighthouse
- Beypore lighthouse
- Bitra Island, Lakshadweep
- Cannanore lighthouse, Kannur
- Mount Dilly lighthouse, Kannur
- Chetlat Island, Lakshadweep
- Chetwai lighthouse
- Cochin lighthouse
- Kasaragod lighthouse
- Kavaratti Island, Lakshadweep
- Kiltan Island, Lakshadweep
- Kozhikode lighthouse, Kozhikode
- Light House Hill, Mangalore
- Manakkodam Lighthouse, Andhakaranazhy
- Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep
- Ponnani lighthouse
Kolkata
Office located in Kolkata:
Mumbai
Office located in Mumbai:
- Bhatkal
- Daman Ganga
- Devgarh
- Dolphin Lighthouse, Mumbai
- Korlai Fort
- Oyster Rock lighthouse, Karwar
- Prong's Lighthouse, Mumbai
- Ratnagiri
- Sunk Rock Lighthouse, Mumbai
- Suratkal
- Tarapur
- Uttan
- Vengurla
Odisha
- Chandrabhaga Lighthouse, Konark
- Dariapur Lighthouse, Gopalpur-on-Sea
- False Point at Kendrapara district of Odisha
- Gopalpur-on-Sea Lighthouse at Gopalpur, Odisha
- Paradip Lighthouse, Paradip
- Puri Lighthouse
References
- ↑ "Location of our offices". Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ↑ "Lighthouses in Port Blair district". Directorate General of Lighhouses and Lightships. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
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