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Karnataka · India

Kapu Lighthouse

Watercolour painting of Kapu Lighthouse, a cylindrical masonry tower, banded daymark in Karnataka, India
Built
Structure
Cylindrical masonry tower, banded daymark
Height
27 m · focal plane 34 m
Characteristic
Fl W 10s

13°13′00″N 74°44′55″E

It stands on a black rock headland on the Malabar coast, and is one of the few Indian lights that lets visitors climb the stair to the gallery at sunset.

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