{{Short description|Lighthouse in Melaka, Malaysia}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox lighthouse}}<!--{{Infobox islands |country={{flag|Malaysia}} |country_admin_divisions_title=[[States and federal territories of Malaysia|State]] |country_admin_divisions={{flag|Malacca}} |location=[[Southeast Asia]] |country_admin_divisions_1=[[File:Malacca City Emblem.svg|20px]] [[Malacca City Council]] |country_admin_divisions_title_1=[[Local government in Malaysia|Local government]] |waterbody=[[Strait of Malacca]] |country_admin_divisions_2=[[Central Melaka District|Melaka Tengah]] |country_admin_divisions_title_2=[[Districts of Malaysia|District]] |pushpin_map=Malaysia Malacca |pushpin_label=Undan Island |pushpin_label_position=top |pushpin_map_caption=Undan Island within the [[Malacca|State of Malacca]]}}-->
'''Undan Island Lighthouse''' is a lighthouse on the summit of the uninhabited [[islet]] of [[Undan Island]], located {{convert|25|km|mi}} off the coast of mainland [[Malacca]] in [[Malaysia]].<ref name="UNC">{{cite rowlett|myw| access-date = 24 May 2008}}</ref><ref name="MarineDept">{{cite web|url=http://www.marine.gov.my/light/r_undan.html |title=Rumah Api Pulau Undan |publisher=Marine Department of Malaysia |access-date=28 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116100437/http://www.marine.gov.my/light/r_undan.html |archive-date=16 November 2007 }}</ref>
The lighthouse was engineered and constructed by the [[Chance Brothers and Company]] from Birmingham in 1879 and completed in 1880, as a beacon for ships travelling along the [[Strait of Malacca]].<ref name="UNC" /> It is [[octagon]]al and cylindrical in shape, housing the lantern and a gallery and is adjoined to a single storey keeper's house; both structures were constructed of [[masonry]].<ref name="UNC" /><ref name="MarineDept" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/S_FRamli/status/975271919783108609 |title=Restoration of Rumah Api Pulau Undan |author=Saiful Fazli Ramli |publisher=Twitter |date=18 March 2018 |access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref>
A more recent concrete communications tower, roughly three times the height of the original lighthouse, is cylindrical and stark in design, and situated directly beside the lighthouse.<ref name="MarineDept" />
== See also == {{Portal|Malaysia|Engineering}} * [[List of lighthouses in Malaysia]] * [[Cape Rachado Lighthouse]] * [[Undan Island]]
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Malacca]] [[Category:Lighthouses completed in 1880]] [[Category:Lighthouses in Malaysia]]
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