Minicoy Island Lighthouse

The Minicoy Island Lighthouse, which became established on 2 February 1885 at the southern quit of the Minicoy Island Minicoy is Maliku in neighborhood utilization within the Indian kingdom of Lakshadweep all through the British regime, is 49.5 metres in peak and has now a range of forty nautical miles it is built in brick masonry and has a lantern and gallery.

The lighthouse location in the southern a part of the island became once solely occupied by the British while the local community preferred to stay within the northern element. It has contemporary instrumentation of electrification and an automated machine of shining mirrors that flash mild every 15 seconds. It is also geared up with Differential Global Positioning System . The lighthouse was delivered beneath the manipulate of the Government of India when the Indian National Flag turned into unfurled over its top on 2 April 1956.