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
- Balachhadi
- Navalakhi
- Chhachhi
- Harudi
- Jakhau
- Narayan Sarovar (Koteshwar)
- Vanku
- Chudeshwar
- Mundra (Navinal)
- Mandvi
- Okha
Jamnagar directorate
Office located in Jamnagar:
- Alang
- Bhidbhanjan
- Bural
- Chank
- Daman
- Diu-Head
- Dwaraka
- Ghogha
- Gopnath Bhavnagar
- 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
- Kundapura
- 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
- Kasaragod Lighthouse
- 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 Lighthouse, Anjengo, Trivandrum
- Kovilthottam Lighthouse, Chavara, Kollam
- Vizhinjam Lighthouse, Trivandrum
- Tangasseri Lighthouse, Kollam
Others
- Kovalam Lighthouse, Trivandrum
- Karwar
- Ezhimala Lighthouse, Payyannur, Kannur
- Kozhikode Lighthouse, Kozhikode
- Light House Hill, Mangalore, Karnataka
- Tellicherry Lighthouse, Thalassery, Kannur
Chennai directorate
Office located in Chennai:
- Kaniyakumari
- Pulicat
- Mahabalipuram Lighthouse
- Porto Novo
- Nagapattinam
- Point Calimere
- Kodikkarai
- Mallipatinam
- Passipattinam
- Rameswaram Lighthouse
- Pamban Island Lighthouse
- Kadappakam
- Pandiyan Tivu Lighthouse, Tuticorin
- Manapad Lighthouse
- Ammapattinam
- Kilakarai Lighthouse
- Vembar
- Kovilthottam Lighthouse, Kollam
- Chennai Lighthouse
- Pondicherry Lighthouse, Puducherry
- Cuddalore
- Poompuhar
- Karaikal
- Olakuda
- Muttom point
- Others
Visakhapatnam directorate
Office located in Visakhapatnam:
- Santapille Lighthouse, Chintapalli
- Bheemunipatnam
- Dolphin's Nose, Visakhapatnam
- Pudimadaka
- Pentakota
- Vakalapudi, Kakinada
- Sacramento Lighthouse, Bojjavaripeta
- Ramayapatnam
- Antervedi
- Machilipatnam
- Nagayalanka
- Nizampatnam
- Vodarevu
- Iskapalli
- 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
Port Blair directorate
Office located in Port Blair:[2]
- Andaman Strait Eastern Entrance Lighthouse, Baratang
- Awes Island Lighthouse, near Mayabunder
- Battimalv Lighthouse, Car Nicobar
- Bompoka, near Teressa (Nicobar Islands)
- Cape Connaught Lighthouse, Nancowry Island
- Chidiya Tapu Lighthouse, South Andaman Island
- Chowra island, near Nancowry Island, Nicobar Islands
- East Island Lighthouse, Diglipur, North Andaman Island
- Indira Point, Great Nicobar Island
- Interview Island, Andaman Islands
- Kabra Island, Nicobar Islands
- Katchal Island West Bay
- Katchal East Bay Lighthouse
- Keating Point Lighthouse, Car Nicobar
- Little Andaman
- Menchal Island, Nicobar Islands
- Middle Button Island, Ritchie's Archipelago
- Narcondam Island, Andaman Islands
- North Brother Island
- North Button Island, Ritchie's Archipelago
- North Cinque Island
- North Point Lighthouse, Port Blair
- Port Cornwallis Lighthouse, Ross Island
- Pulo Milo, Nicobar Islands
- Rosen Point Lighthouse, 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
See also
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
- ↑ Location of our offices. Directorate General of Lighthouses & Lightships.
- ↑ Lighthouses in Port Blair district. Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships.