white and black bands tower, white lantern, red roof
Light
First lit
1879 (current)
Focal height
29 metres (95 ft)
Characteristic
Fl (3) W 9s.
The Pamban Lighthouse is one of the two lighthouses on the Rameswaram island in Tamil Nadu.[1][2] It is also known as Pamban channel northwest point lighthouse.[3]
^Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of India: Tamil Nadu and Puducherry". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^"Chennai Region". India: Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^"Pamban Channel/Pamban Island Light ARLHS IND-048". Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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