Location Ponnani, Kerala
India Characteristic Fl W 15s. Range 38,151 m Year first lit 1983 (current) | Construction concrete tower Height 30 m Focal height 34 m | |
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Year first constructed 1937 (first)
1948 (second) Tower shape dodecagon prism tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern white and black horizontal bands Similar Azhikode lighthouse, Chetwai lighthouse, Kozhikkode lighthouse, Beypore lighthouse, Manakkodam Lighthouse | ||
Ponnani lighthouse is situated in Malappuram district, Kerala on the south bank of Bharathappuzha river. It was commissioned on 17 April 1983. The tower has a circular cross section and a height of 30 meters. The light source is metal halide lamp. The lighthouse has direct drive facility.
Map of Ponnani Lighthouse, Malappuram, Ponnani, Kerala 679577
A flag staff used to assist the crafts to negotiate the entrance to the port prior to a steel mast with an oil wick being hoisted in 1937. In 1948 a steel trestle was with a gas flasher was installed. After the present tower was constructed in 1983, the light source was replaced on 23 July 1995.
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