Cape St. Francis (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Appearance
Location | Cape St. Francis Avalon Peninsula Newfoundland Canada |
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Coordinates | 47°48′31.6″N 52°47′12.1″W / 47.808778°N 52.786694°W |
Constructed | 1877 (first) |
Construction | concrete building |
Height | 3.3 metres (11 ft) building height |
Shape | lantern atop a 1-storey fog signal building |
Markings | white building with a broad vertical stripe |
Operator | Canadian Coast Guard[1][2] |
Fog signal | 1 blast every 30s. |
Light | |
First lit | 1957 (current) |
Focal height | 29 metres (95 ft) |
Range | 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 5s. |
The Headland of Cape St. Francis is outer extremity marking the boundary of Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
See also
References
- ^ Southeastern Newfoundland The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 7 February 2017
- ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
External links
- Aids to Navigation Canadian Coast Guard
47°48′34.18″N 52°47′09.12″W / 47.8094944°N 52.7858667°W