List of lighthouses in India

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There are many lighthouses along the long coastline of India and in the associated islands. They are administered by the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships, Government of India whose headoffice is located in Noida.

They are categorized for administrative reasons into nine directorates: Gandhidham, Jamnagar, Mumbai, Goa, Cochin, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata and Port Blair.^[1]

Gandhidham directorate[]

Office located in Gandhidham:

• Kandla
• Bhadreshwar
• Chhachhi
• Jakhau
• Narayan Sarovar (Koteshwar)
• Mundra (Navinal)
• Mandvi
• Okha

Jamnagar directorate[]

Office located in Jamnagar:

• Alang
• Bhidbhanjan
• Bural
• Chank
• Daman
• Diu-Head
• Dwaraka
• Ghogha
• Jafrabad
• Jegri
• Jodiya
• Mangrol
• Jhanjhmer
• Kachhighadh
• Kalubhar
• Mawadi
• Mungra
• Navadra
• Navi Bandar
• Piram Island
• Pirotan Island
• Porbandar
• Preigee Main Lightship
• Ruvapari
• Saiyad Rajapara
• Savaibet
• Simar
• Veraval

Mumbai directorate[]

Office located in Mumbai:

• Arnala
• Chaul Kadu
• Devgarh
• Hazira, Surat
• Jaigarh Head, Ratnagiri
• Kanai Creek
• Kanhoji Angre Island
• Korlai, Korlai Fort
• Luhara (formerly Broach Point)
• Malpe
• Nanwel
• Prong's Lighthouse, Mumbai
• Ratnagiri
• Satpati
• St. George Island
• Tarapur
• Tolkeshwar point
• Uttan
• Khadi, Valsad
• Wagapur Point
• Wasi Borsi, Navsari

Mumbai Horbour

• Dolphin Lighthouse, Mumbai
• Sunk Rock Lighthouse, Mumbai

Goa directorate[]

Office located in Goa:

• Aguada, Fort Aguada, Goa
• Suratkal point
• Honavar
• Betul
• Kap (Kaup)
• Bhatkal
• Vengurla Point
• Vengurla Rocks
• Oyster Rock Lighthouse, Karwar
• Kundhapur
• Tadri

Cochin directorate[]

Office located in Cochin:

• Agatti
• Alleppey (Alappuzha Lighthouse, Alappuzha)
• Amini
• Androth-East
• Androth-West
• Azhikode Lighthouse
• Beypore Lighthouse
• Bitra Island, Lakshadweep
• Cannanore
• Chetlat Island, Lakshadweep
• Chetwai Lighthouse
• Kadalur Point Lighthouse
• Kadamath
• Kalpeni
• Kavaratti Island, Lakshadweep
• Kiltan North, Kiltan Island, Lakshadweep
• Kiltan South
• Manakkodam Lighthouse, Andhakaranazhy
• Minicoy North, Minicoy Island Lighthouse, Lakshadweep
• Minicoy South
• Mount Dilly Lighthouse, Kannur
• Ponnani Lighthouse
• Suhelipar
• Thinnakara
• Valiyakara
• Vypin or Cochin
• , Anjengo, Trivandrum
• Kovilthottam Lighthouse, Chavara, Kollam
• Vizhinjam Lighthouse, Trivandrum
• Tangasseri Lighthouse, Kollam

Others

• , Trivandrum
• Karwar
• ,
• , Kozhikode
• Light House Hill, Mangalore, Karnataka
• ,

Chennai directorate[]

Office located in Chennai:

• Kaniyakumari
• Pulicat
• Mahabalipuram Lighthouse
• Porto Novo
• Nagapattinam
• Point Calimere
• Kodikkarai
• Mallipatinam
• Kadappakam
• , Tuticorin
• Ammapattinam
• Kilakarai Lighthouse
• Vembar
• Kovilthottam Lighthouse, Kollam
• Chennai Lighthouse
• Pondicherry Lighthouse, Puducherry
• Cuddalore
• Poompuhar
• Karaikal
• Olakuda
• Muttom point

Others

• Cape Comorin

Visakhapatnam directorate[]

Office located in Visakhapatnam:

• , Chintapalli
• Bheemunipatnam
• Dolphin's Nose, Visakhapatnam
• Pudimadaka
• Pentakota
• , Kakinada
• ,
• Ramayapatnam
• Antervedi
• Machilipatnam
• Nagayalanka
• Nizampatnam
• Krishnapatnam
• Armagon
• Ravaport

Kolkata directorate[]

• Baruva
• Chandrabhaga Lighthouse, Konark
• Dariapur Lighthouse, Gopalpur-on-Sea
• False Point at Kendrapara district of Odisha
• Gopalpur-on-Sea Lighthouse at Gopalpur, Odisha
• Kalingapatnam
• Paradip Lighthouse, Paradip
• Prayagi
• Puri Lighthouse
• Saugor

Others

• Digha
• Sagar Island
• , West Bengal

Port Blair directorate[]

Office located in Port Blair:^[2]

• , Baratang
• , near Mayabunder
• Battimalv Lighthouse, Car Nicobar
• Bompoka, near Teressa (Nicobar Islands)
• , Nancowry Island
• , South Andaman Island
• Chowra island, near Nancowry Island, Nicobar Islands
• East Island , Diglipur, North Andaman Island
• Indira Point, Great Nicobar Island
• Interview Island, Andaman Islands
• , Nicobar Islands
• Katchal Island West Bay
• Katchal East Bay Lighthouse
• , Car Nicobar
• Little Andaman
• , Nicobar Islands
• Middle Button Island, Ritchie's Archipelago
• Narcondam Island, Andaman Islands
• North Brother Island
• North Button Island, Ritchie's Archipelago
• North Cinque Island
• , Port Blair
• Port Cornwallis , Ross Island
• Pulo Milo, Nicobar Islands
• , 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

Others

• Barren Island, Andaman Islands
• Havelock Island Lighthouse, Havelock Island

See also[]

• Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels

Amateur (Ham) Radio special event stations at Indian lighthouses - by Lion Ajoy VU2JHM 2008 - AT8LH - Mahaballipuram Old (Historical IND 011) and New Light Houses IND 016 2009 - AT8LHC - Kadalur Point IND 013 2010 - VU0LH - Surathkal IND 114 2011 - VU9LHA - Alleppy IND 071 and VU9LHF - Vypin IND 083 2012 - VU7M - Minicoy (Lakshadweep) LAK 009, AT0ULH - Uttan (Maharastra) IND 119 2013 - AT13LH - Pondicherry (Old Historical IND 012) and IND 053 2014 - AT5RP - Rameshwaram IND 058 and Pamban Bridge IND 048 2015 - AT5K - Kasargod IND 090

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lighthouses in India.

• Official website of Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships, India

Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.