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The lighthouse at Point Pedro, the northernmost point of Sri Lanka
LAND'S END OF THE ISLANDPhoto by Rattwrite on Wikimedia Commons1 km from Point Pedro

LANDMARK

The Lighthouse at Point Pedro

Point Pedro Lighthouse · Northern

Built

1856

Visit

30 min

Best

All year

Region

Northern

Standing here puts the whole of Sri Lanka to your south — the island's land's end.

A lighthouse marking the northernmost point of Sri Lanka, just outside Point Pedro town at the tip of the Jaffna peninsula. From the beach beside it the next landfall north is India.

185630 minAll year
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