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Location | Undan Island, Malacca, Malaysia |
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Coordinates | 2°02′53″N 102°20′02″E / 2.048°N 102.334°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1880 |
Construction | masonry |
Height | 15 m (49 ft) |
Shape | octagon |
Markings | red |
Light | |
Focal height | 53 m (174 ft) |
Range | 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl(2) W 15s |
Undan Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the summit of the uninhabited islet of Undan Island, located 25 kilometres (16 mi) off the coast of mainland Malacca in Malaysia.[1][2]
The lighthouse was engineered and constructed by the Chance Brothers and Company from Birmingham in 1879 and completed in 1880, as a beacon for ships travelling along the Strait of Malacca.[1] It is octagonal and cylindrical in shape, housing the lantern and a gallery and is adjoined to a single storey keeper's house; both structures were constructed of masonry.[1][2][3]
A more recent concrete communications tower, roughly three times the height of the original lighthouse, is cylindrical and stark in design, and situated directly beside the lighthouse.[2]