- Nearest Town or City: Galle Sri Lanka
- Location: On ramparts of old Dutch Fort overlooking seaward channel into Galle Harbour, southwestern Sri Lanka.
- Managing Organization: Sri Lanka Ports Authority
- Notes: The first lighthouse here built by the British in 1848 burned down in 1934.
- Tower Height: 87
- Description Tower: White conical tower.
- Operational: Yes
- Date Established: 1848
- Date Present Tower Built: 1939
- Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
- Characteristic Range: Two white flashes every 15 seconds; range 25 nautical miles.
- Height Focal Plane: 93
- National Register: No
- Alternate Name: Pointe de Galle Light house
- Earlier Towers: 1848: White conical tower on the southwest bastion of the fort, 80 feet tall, focal plane at 100 feet.
source elakiri.com
