Kuala Selangor Lighthouse

Kuala Selangor Lighthouse (7 July, 2016)


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Kuala Selangor Lighthouse (GPS: 3.3412, 101.24498) is a lighthouse at the top of Bukit Malawati in Kuala Selangor. The lighthouse is 83 meters tall, and stands at an elevation of 27 meters. It was built by the British in 1907 and became operational in 1910 as one of the Straits Settlements Lighthouses.

The Kuala Selangor Lighthouse aids navigation for ships passing through the Straits of Malacca near the mouth of Sungai Selangor. It serves to inform ships that they are passing the mouth of the river, from which ships may be coming out.

The Kuala Selangor Lighthouse was originally called Altingsburg Lighthouse, after the Dutch governor who was in charged of the area.

Another view of the Kuala Selangor Lighthouse (7 July, 2016)


Here I am at the Kuala Selangor Lighthouse (7 July, 2016)


I saw this "thing" beside the Kuala Selangor Lighthouse. I think it is a buoy that is placed in the sea. (7 July, 2016)

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Kuala Selangor Lighthouse

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