Sacramento Shoal

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Sacramento Shoal

Shoal at the mouth of the Gautann branch of the Godavan river, off the village of Molletimoga in the Amalapuram taluk of Godavan District, Madras, situated in 16 35' N and 82 14' E It is named after the United States steam frigate Sacramento ', which went ashore here on June 19, 1867. A lighthouse 148 feet high was erected on the shoal m 1902. It has a light of the third order, showing a white light, one flash every five seconds, visible for 18 miles in clear weather. The object of this is to warn vessels off Point Godavan and the shoal.