Oluvil Lighthouse

{{Infobox lighthouse

| image_name = Oluvil Lighthouse 2.jpg

| location = Oluvil
Ampara District
Sri Lanka

| coordinates = {{Coord|07|17|25.5|N|81|52|02.2|E|region:LK|display=inline,title}}

| yearbuilt = 1999{{cite web|title=Oluvil Light house|url=http://www.ceylonlanka.info/2012/09/oluvil-light-house.html|publisher=ceylonlanka.info|accessdate=8 February 2015}}

| yearlit = 1999{{cite web|url=http://www.slpa.lk/milstones.asp?chk=1|title=Milestones|publisher=Sri Lanka Ports Authority|accessdate=9 February 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209081842/http://www.slpa.lk/milstones.asp?chk=1|archivedate=9 February 2015}}

| construction = concrete tower

| shape = cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern{{cite rowlett|lka|accessdate=8 February 2015}}

| marking = white tower and lantern

| height = {{Convert|24|m|ft}}

| focalheight = {{Convert|24.9|m|ft}}

| characteristic = Fl W 10s.

| managingagent = Sri Lanka Ports Authority

}}

Oluvil Lighthouse ({{langx|si|ඔලුවිල් ප්‍රදීපාගාරය}}) is a lighthouse situated on the southern east coast of Sri Lanka at Oluvil, which is located approximately {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} south of Kalmunai.{{cite web|title=Oluvil Light|url=http://wlol.arlhs.com/lighthouse/SLI26.html|publisher=Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society|accessdate=8 February 2015}}

The lighthouse is operated and maintained by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. It is the first lighthouse erected after the Sri Lankan independence, until the Hambantota Port and the Colombo Port expansion occurred in 2012–13.{{cite web|title=Oluvil Lighthouse|date=21 November 2013 |url=http://amazinglanka.com/wp/oluvil-lighthouse/|publisher=amazinglanka.com}} The {{Convert|24|m|ft}} high white cylindrical concrete lighthouse tower{{cite web|url=http://www.foghornpublishing.com/Digest/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=7095|title=Oluvil Light|work=Lighthouse Explorer|publisher=Foghorn Publishing|accessdate=9 February 2015}} was built in 1999 as a part of the development of Oluvil Harbour{{cite news|url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2013/09/01/fea11.asp|title=Oluvil Port Development project to create 10,000 jobs by 2015|newspaper=Sunday Observer|date=1 September 2013|last=Sirimane|first=Shirajiv|access-date=9 February 2015|archive-date=1 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901121811/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2013/09/01/fea11.asp|url-status=live}} and it was constructed with lantern and gallery, attached to a one-story small equipment building.

The lighthouse was declared open on 19 June 1999 by then Sri Lanka's Minister for Port Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader M. H. M. Ashraff.