| Galle Light |
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| Nearest Town or City: | Galle Sri Lanka |
| Location: | On ramparts of old Dutch Fort overlooking seaward channel into Galle Harbour, southwestern Sri Lanka. |
| Managing Organization: | Sri Lanka Ports Authority |
| Notes: | The first lighthouse here built by the British in 1848 burned down in 1934. |
| Tower Height: | 87 |
| Description Tower: | White conical tower. |
| Operational: | Yes |
| Date Established: | 1848 |
| Date Present Tower Built: | 1939 |
| Current Use: | Active aid to navigation. |
| Characteristic Range: | Two white flashes every 15 seconds; range 25 nautical miles. |
| Height Focal Plane: | 93 |
| National Register: | No |
| Alternate Name1: | Pointe de Galle Light |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Near by Lodging: | The Lighthouse Hotel is located near the lighthouse -- see www.asiatours.net/srilanka/hotels/lighthouse_ge.html |
| Earlier Towers: | 1848: White conical tower on the southwest bastion of the fort, 80 feet tall, focal plane at 100 feet. |






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