Matara District
Devinuwara Divisional Secretariat
Devinuwara South

Dondra Head Lighthouse

Dondra Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on , the southernmost point in Sri Lanka and is 's tallest lighthouse, and also one of the tallest in South East Asia.
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Photo: Charaka Ranasinghe, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Sri Lanka
  • Also known as: “Devinuwara Light House”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dondra and Matara.

Town
is a settlement on the extreme southernmost tip of , in the Indian Ocean near , . The Head Lighthouse, ruins of several Hindu shrines of Tenavaram and a Vihara are located in the vicinity.

Photo: KingAlawaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in the Southern Province of . The Southern Province consists of three districts and the city of lies between and which are the other districts of Southern Province.

Town
is a village in . It is located in , . is situated 9 km west of Dondra Head Lighthouse.

Dondra Head Lighthouse

Latitude
5.92124° or 5° 55′ 17″ north
Longitude
80.59403° or 80° 35′ 39″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Height
49 metres (161 feet)
Operator
Sri Lanka Ports Authority
Open location code
6MQ2WHCV+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1160894723
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
9794272
Wiki­data ID
Q5295579
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Sinhala—“Dondra Head Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ဒွန်ဒရာထိပ်မီးပြတိုက်”
  • German: “Dondra Head Lighthouse”
  • Russian: “Маяк Дондра-Хед”
  • Sinhala: “දෙවුන්දර තුඩුව ප්‍රදීපාගාරය”

Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dondra Head Lighthouse”. Photo: Charaka Ranasinghe, CC BY 2.0.