Paradip Entrance Range Front Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Paradip Entrance Range Front Lighthouse
Also known as: Paradip Entrance Range Front (3 towers)
This range front lighthouse is located on the west side of the Paradip harbor entrance. The 18-meter tower features black and white horizontal bands, mirroring similar flanking towers that define the shipping channel. It emits a single white flash every 2 seconds. Its focal height reaches 28 meters, providing a geographic range of 14.9 nautical miles. This structure serves as part of a system guiding vessels into the Paradip harbor.
Why it matters: This range light is critical for the safe navigation of ships entering Paradip harbor, one of India's major ports, by precisely defining the center of the shipping channel.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 2s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 2s
- Focal Height
- 28m
- Geographic Range
- 14.9NM
Location
- Country
- 🇮🇳India
- Region
- Odisha
- Sea Region
- west side of the Paradip harbor entrance
- Latitude
- 20.2697°
- Longitude
- 86.6679°
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 18m
- Tower Color
- with black and white horizontal bands and flanked by similar towers defining the two sides of the channel
Structure: tower carrying a daymark painted with black and white horizontal bands and flanked by similar towers defining the two sides of the channel
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Paradip Garh(0.7 km)
- Admiralty No.
- F1005.6
- NGA No.
- 26916
اعثر على منارة Paradip Entrance Range Front على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب India، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.