Chumbe Lighthouse
Location | Chumbe Island Zanzibar |
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Coordinates | 6°16′48.5″S 39°10′37.5″E / 6.280139°S 39.177083°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1904 |
Construction | stone tower |
Height | 34 metres (112 ft) |
Shape | 5-stage square tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | unpainted tower, white lantern |
Operator | Chumbe Island Coral Park[2] |
Light | |
Focal height | 37 metres (121 ft) |
Lens | 4th order Fresnel lens |
Range | 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)[1] |
Characteristic | Fl W 11s. |
The Chumbe Lighthouse is located in Chumbe Island in Zanzibar.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
- ^ Chumbe The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 18, 2016
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (12 June 2005). "Lighthouses of Tanzania". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ D'Entremont, Jeremy (August–September 2004). "Zanzibar's Chumbe Lighthouse Celebrates a Century of Service". Lighthouse Digest. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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