NORTH BROTHER LIGHTHOUSE

North Brother Island is an uninhabited island in the Indian Ocean, part of the Andaman Archipelago. It is located in the Duncan Passage, about 19 kilometres northeast of Little Andaman Island. It is part of the South Andaman district of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory of India.The island is nearly round, about 1.1 km across. It is almost flat, thickly wooded except in its central part, fringed by a narrow beach and surrounded by a reef all around. The central part is depressed and becomes a lake in the rainy season. The unmanned lighthouse tower was installed during 1992-93 and commissioned on 17 April 1993, The height is 12 meters GI trestle tower painted white color scheme and has a LED flasher light powered by battery and solar panel. Accessibility to this lighthouse is only by sea route, commute by departmental vessel or any chartered vessel upto anchorage Point then use mechanised dinghy upto shore then by walk to reach the lighthouse.

Master Ledger of NORTH BROTHER LIGHTHOUSE(312.87 KB)