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Kankesanthurai Lighthouse

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25: 369: 232: 24: 426: 216: 492: 502: 463: 347: 281: 410: 482: 194:. Built in 1893, the 22 metres (72 ft) lighthouse has an octagonal masonry tower with lantern and gallery. Located deep inside the 62: 456: 487: 247: 449: 403: 55: 44: 299: 313: 497: 344: 396: 198:'s Valikamam North High Security Zone and next to a naval base, the lighthouse was heavily damaged during the 368: 199: 164: 195: 237: 317: 433: 380: 221: 351: 187: 40: 231: 476: 425: 339: 376: 295: 227: 211: 183: 273: 77: 64: 191: 48: 432:
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Kankesanthurai
Northern Province
Sri Lanka
Coordinates
09°48′58.15″N 80°02′42.4″E / 9.8161528°N 80.045111°E / 9.8161528; 80.045111
Characteristic
lighthouse
Kankesanthurai
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan military
Sri Lankan Civil War
Sri Lanka portal
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Engineering portal
List of lighthouses in Sri Lanka



"Lighthouses of Sri Lanka"
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Kankesanturaï Light"
Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
"Lighthouse Explorer: Kankesanturai Light"
Lighthouse Digest
Sri Lanka Ports Authority
Lighthouses of Sri Lanka
Picture of Kankesanthurai Lighthouse in 2015
Archived
Wayback Machine

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