Vengurla is located at a latitude of 15°52 North and a longitude of 73°39 East.It is located 200 km from Ratnagiri and 522 km from Mumbai.
                         From mid-June to the end of August the port is closed.The munici-pality, established in 1875, had an average income during the decade ending igoi of Rs. 9,ooo. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 9,75o.
                          In the early days after the British conquest Vengurla was a pros-perous place, owing to its being the port for the military cantonments of Belgaum and Dharwar. Until the construction of the Southern Mahratta Railway it monopolized the traffic with Bombay of Belgaum and other important towns in that District ; but this traffic now passes direct by rail.
                          

                             In 1638 the Dutch had a trade settlement at Vengurla, where they victualled their ships during their eight months' blockade of Goa. In166o, under the name of Mingrela, it is mentioned as a large town stretching half a league along the coast, with one of the best roadsin India.  In 1675 it was again burned by the Mughals. In 1696 the Khemsavant of Savantvadi overran the country, and, on pretence of visiting the Dutch chief, seized and plundered their factory. While held by the Khemsavant, Vengurla is said to have been attacked and plundered by Angria. A small British factory was established at Vengurla some time before 1772. In 1812 the town was ceded to the British by the Ran! of Savantvadi. The taluka offices and the Subordinate judge's court are now located in the old Dutch factory.

                                                 

                              The Vengurla Rock lighthouse, not to be confounded with the Vengurla port lighthouses, was erected in 1870, on an isolated rock in 15° 53' N. and 73° 27' E., 9 miles west-north-west of Vengurla. The Vengurla rocks or ' burnt islands' are a group of rocky islets stretching about 3 miles from north to south and one mile from east to west. On the outermost of three larger rocks is the lighthouse. It is a masonry tower, built on rising ground. The height of the lantern above high water is 132 feet, and that of the building 31 feet. It exhibits a single white, fixed, dioptric light, of order 4, which is visible from the deck
of a ship 16 miles distant.
 

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