Dondra Head Lighthouse
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Dondra Head Lighthouse is an offshore lighthouse
in Dondra, Sri Lanka
and is operated and maintained by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority
. It is located on Dondra Head
near the southernmost point in Sri Lanka
and is the tallest lighthouse in the country. It was designed by Sir James Nicholas Douglass
and constructed by William Douglass
.
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
in Dondra, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
and is operated and maintained by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority
Sri Lanka Ports Authority
Sri Lanka Ports Authority is a government agency responsible for the development and maintenance of all commercial ports in Sri Lanka. It is also responsible for the maintenance and operations of lighthouses in Sri Lanka...
. It is located on Dondra Head
Dondra Head
Dondra Head is a cape on the extreme southern tip of Sri Lanka, in the Indian Ocean, near the small town of Dondra near Galle, Southern Province, Sri Lanka...
near the southernmost point in Sri Lanka
Extreme points of Sri Lanka
This is a list of the extreme points of Sri Lanka.-Heading:-Altitude:* Highest point: Pidurutalagala , -See also:*Extreme points of Earth*Geography of Sri Lanka...
and is the tallest lighthouse in the country. It was designed by Sir James Nicholas Douglass
James Nicholas Douglass
Sir James Nicholas Douglass, FRS, , was an English civil engineer, a prolific lighthouse builder and designer, most famous for the design and construction of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse, for which he was knighted....
and constructed by William Douglass
William Douglass (engineer)
William Tregarthen Douglass was the Chief Engineer for the Commissioners of Irish Lights in the late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century. He is responsible for a number of their designs of lighthouses and associated structures. He was a consulting engineer for lighthouse construction for...
.