Barberyn Lighthouse

Barberyn Lighthouse
Beruwala
Sri Lanka
Location Beruwala
Kalutara District
Sri Lanka
Coordinates 06°27′48.7″N 79°58′06″E / 6.463528°N 79.96833°E / 6.463528; 79.96833Coordinates: 06°27′48.7″N 79°58′06″E / 6.463528°N 79.96833°E / 6.463528; 79.96833
Year first constructed 1888-89
Year first lit November 1889
Automated no
Construction granite tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower
Height 34 m (112 ft)
Focal height 46 m (151 ft)
Range 27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 20s.
Admiralty number F0826
NGA number 27288
ARLHS number SLI-002
Managing agent Sri Lanka Ports Authority[1]
Heritage Archaeological Protected Monument (25 March 2016)[2]

Barberyn Lighthouse (also known as Beruwala Lighthouse) is a lighthouse located on Barberyn Island. Barberyn Island an 3.25 ha (8.0 acres) island situated 0.8 km (0.50 mi) offshore from the town of Beruwala on the south-west coast of Sri Lanka,[3] 56 km (35 mi) south of Colombo.The lighthouse is a 34 m (112 ft) high round white conical granite tower.[3]

The lighthouse was completed in November 1889,[4] and operated by the Imperial Lighthouse Service. In 1969 it was upgraded with the replacement of the old dioptric apparatus (produced by Chance Brothers) and with a pedestal rotating beacon (Pharos Marine PRB-21 sealed beam optic and drive pedestal). It was further modernised in 2000, with the introduction of a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) and is computer linked to the other major lighthouses around the country. The Barberyn Lighthouse is one of the four international lighthouses in Sri Lanka.

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References

  1. ↑ Barberyn Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 1, 2016
  2. ↑ Gazette 1960 & 25 March 2016, p. 227.
  3. 1 2 Rowlett, Russ (13 February 2006). "Lighthouses of Sri Lanka". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Notice to Mariners" (PDF). The London Gazette. 17 September 1889. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

  • "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 1960. 25 March 2016.
  • Sri Lanka Ports Authority
  • Lighthouses of Sri Lanka


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