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Tower

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Illuminant

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F 0902
10°16.7 ’ N
49°49.69.6’’ E

flash White every 10 sec.

15 m high Circular masonry Tower( bLOCK and White bands)

48 m

20 Nautical Miles

ERB-12 / MK II (ANA) inside 2.0 m  diameter lantern  house

12V 60 W Incandescent lamps

Batteries charged by Solar panels.  Mains supply 440V 50 Hz  (standby genset provided)   

1998.

1901,1923,1987,2004 .
                                     
Kodikkarai Lighthouse, KODIKKARAI (614 807)

04369-272415
 

There wasn’t any Lighthouse provided at the site prior to the present Lighthouse. The point Calimere light about 5 Km East of Kodikkarai, was the only navigational aid for assisting the mariners.

A new Lighthouse was planned during 1994-95 and soon the construction began. The tower was completed in 1997. The ERB equipment supplied by M/s. ANA Navaids Ltd., New Delhi, was installed inside a 2.0m dia Lantern house. This lantern was originally at old Pulicat Lighthouse and was refurbished at Madras Lighthouse workshop before having been installed at Kodikkarai. The Lighthouse was formally commissioned on the 9th March 1998.

There was regular ferry service between Kodikkarai and Kankesanthurai port of Srilanka This was discontinued during 1960’s.

  
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