List of lighthouses in India

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Lighthouse, Chennai

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, Trivandrum, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata and Port Blair.[1]

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Office located in Port Blair:[2]

Andhra Pradesh

Office located in Visakhapatnam:

Santapille Lighthouse

Tamil Nadu

Mahabalipuram lighthouse
Muttom Lighthouse

Office located in Chennai:

Goa

Fort Aguada lighthouse, Goa

Gujarat

VTS-GOK Office located in Gandhidham:

Kerala

Tangasseri Lighthouse in Kollam city
Cannanore lighthouse, Kannur
Worms eye view of the lighthouse on Minicoy

Office located in Trivandrum:

West Bengal

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Odisha

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Location of our offices". Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lighthouses in Port Blair district". Directorate General of Lighhouses and Lightships. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  • Official website of Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships, India
  • Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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