Pentakota
Village in Andhra Pradesh, India
17°18′00″N 82°37′00″E / 17.3000°N 82.6167°E / 17.3000; 82.6167Pentakota is a village in Payakaraopeta mandal of Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
There is an old lighthouse in the village.[2] It is 18 metres (59 ft) high and was built in 1957. It has a range of 40 kilometres (25 mi).[citation needed]
Geography
Pentakota has an average elevation of 0 metres (0 ft). Pentakota has one side with bay of Bengal. It is present at bank of Thandava river.
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of India: West Bengal, Orissa, and Andhra Pradesh". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ Pentakota Lighthouse at the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine