Raigad District Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Raigad District Lighthouses Lighthouse
The Nanwell Point Lighthouse, also referred to as Rajpuri Point, is an octagonal masonry tower built in 1964. It stands 19 meters tall with a focal height of 66 meters and displays red and white horizontal bands on its exterior. The current structure replaced an earlier light station established in 1884. This active aid to navigation emits a white light with three flashes every 15 seconds, visible for nearly 21 nautical miles. The lighthouse is situated at the southern entrance to the Rajpuri Creek estuary, approximately 2.1 kilometers from the nearest port, Dighi.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is essential for vessels navigating the Rajpuri Creek estuary, a significant local shipping lane, helping them safely enter and exit the waterway.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 3 flashes
- Interval
- 15s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 15s
- Focal Height
- 66m
- Geographic Range
- 20.9NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1964
- First Lit
- 1884
Significant events: original light established 1884, new tower built 1964, Nilesh Korgaonkar visited in 1998
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Dighi(2.1 km)
- Admiralty No.
- F0562
- NGA No.
- 27908
- ARLHS No.
- IND-104
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 19m
- Tower Shape
- octagonal
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- masonry
Structure: octagonal masonry tower with lantern and gallery painted with red and white horizontal bands
Location
- Country
- 🇮🇳India
- Region
- Maharashtra
- Sea Region
- southern entrance to the Rajpuri Creek estuary, about 80 km west of Mangaon
- Latitude
- 18.2807°
- Longitude
- 72.9363°
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