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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Hill in Visakhapatnam between the port and Yarada village}}<br />
{{about|the hill in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]|the tourist spot in [[Tamil Nadu]]|Dolphin's Nose, Coonoor}}<br />
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'''Dolphin's Nose''' is a hill in [[Visakhapatnam]] between [[Yarada]] and [[Gangavaram Port]]. The hill is named Dolphin's Nose because it resembles a dolphin's nose.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dolphin's Nose a natural wonder of Vizag | first=Venkatesh | last=Bayya | date=17 March 2016 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Dolphins-Nose-a-natural-wonder-of-Vizag/articleshow/51436299.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> <br />
It is a conspicuous land mark in Visakhapatnam. Dolphin's nose is a huge rocky<br />
head land which is 174 meters high and 358 meters above sea level. The powerful beacon of the light house set on this rock at sea directs ships 65 km away.<ref>{{cite web|title=History Dolphins nose|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2813_PART_A_DCHB_VISAKHAPATNAM.pdf|publisher=censusindia|access-date=12 March 2011}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Before independence, the [[British Army]] used it as a Military Camp. There is a Hindu Temple, a Church, and a Mosque on a nearby hill. In 1804 British and French forces fought the [[Battle of Vizagapatam]] near this hill.<ref>{{cite web|title=History Dolphins nose|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2813_PART_A_DCHB_VISAKHAPATNAM.pdf|publisher=censusindia|access-date=12 March 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Lighthouse==<br />
[[File:Vizag seaport from Dolphin nose hill lighthouse.jpg|thumb|Visakhapatnam port from Lighthouse]]<br />
A lighthouse on this hill guided ships to enter [[Visakhapatnam Port]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lighthouse on hill|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/india-set-to-begin-lighthouse-tourism-113092800710_1.html|publisher=business standard|access-date=28 September 2013}}</ref> The lighthouse currently uses 7 million candle power that covers up to a distance of 64 kilometers. <br />
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Recently the [[Government of India]] indicated that it is planning to start "lighthouse tourism" which includes this lighthouse in the tour.{{Citation needed||date=December 2019}}<br />
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