Kanyakumari Lighthouse

Kanyakumari Lighthouse is a lighthouse in , , . Kanyakumari Lighthouse is situated nearby to the Hindu temple , as well as near .
Photo: Ppyoonus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: lighthouse in India
  • Also known as: “Cape Camorin Lighthouse” and “Cape Comorin Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Kanniyakumari Terminus railway station.

Island
Photo: Sanchit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a monument and popular tourist attraction in , 's southernmost tip. The memorial stands on one of the two rocks located about 500 meters off mainland of Vavathurai, .

Railway station
Photo: Pranchiyettan, CC BY-SA 2.5 in.
Kanniyakumari railway station, is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway terminus of the Indian Railways serving the coastal town of in the state of . is situated 740 metres north of Kanyakumari Lighthouse.

Work of art
Photo: Darisi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , or Valluvar Statue, is a 40.6-metre-tall stone sculpture of Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar, known as Thiruvalluvar, the author of the Thirukkural, an ancient Tamil work on morality. is situated 1 km southeast of Kanyakumari Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kanyakumari and Chinnamuttom.

Photo: Hemanth kumar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Kanniyakumari is a town on the southernmost tip of the mainland of , in the state of . It is also known as Cape Comorin.

Suburb
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is a special-grade village in Kanyakumari District in the state of in . is at the southernmost point of the .

Village
is a village located in in the Indian state of . the word origin from Malayalam/Tamil meaning Palace. So means not only a village but also a Palace because 18th & the beginning of the 19th century village was ruled by Travancore Maharajas and they have constructed Guest Houses for them. is situated 5 km northwest of Kanyakumari Lighthouse.

Kanyakumari Lighthouse

Latitude
8.08135° or 8° 4′ 53″ north
Longitude
77.54697° or 77° 32′ 49″ east
Inception
November 4th, 1971
Height
31 metres (100 feet)
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 1558262992
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q24641208
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In Other Languages

“Kanyakumari Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Malayalam: “കന്യാകുമാരി വിളക്കുമാടം”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mayamma Samajan and Government Hospital, Kanniyakumari.

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