Indira Point Lighthouse
Indira Point has a 35 m high cast iron (with red and white bands) lighthouse with 16 nautical miles range. The lighthouse has (RACON (Code ‘G’) ii DGPS station) with 300 mm 4 panel revolving optical inside 2.5 m diameter lantern house (BBT) which has an important landmark on the international ship lane on Colombo-Singapore route through Malacca Strait that passes south of Indira Point. It has also a helipad.
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