Borkum Great Light
 Borkum Großer Light, 2008 | |
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| Location | Borkum, Germany |
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| Coordinates | 53°35′20″N 6°39′44″E / 53.5888°N 6.6621°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1817 |
| Foundation | 3-story octagonal base |
| Construction | brick |
| Height | 197 feet (60 m) |
| Shape | round, gallery, lantern |
| Markings | unpainted gray-brown, base brown, lantern red dome. |
| Heritage | architectural heritage monument in Lower Saxony  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1879 |
| Focal height | 207 feet (63 m) |
| Intensity | 2,000,000 cd |
| Range | 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) directional white 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) directional red/green |
| Characteristic | two white flashes, separated by 2.7 s, every 12 s Continuous white, red, or green directional |
Borkum Großer Light (from German: Großer Leuchtturm, "greater lighthouse"), also known as Borkum Neuer Light (Neuer Leuchtturm, "new lighthouse"), is an active lighthouse on the island of Borkum, Leer district, state of Lower Saxony, Germany. At a height of 197 feet (60 m) it is the twenty-fourth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world,[1] as well as the third tallest brick lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse is located at the west side of the Borkum island. It is the landfall light for the Ems estuary and the port of Emden, serving also as a day mark.
This lighthouse also bares a directional continuous light at a height of 151 feet (46 m) to three different directions with the colors white, red and green.
The tower was built in the summer of 1879 in a record time of six months, following a fire at the old lighthouse.
The site is open, and the tower is open to the public daily April through October and on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday afternoons November through March.
See also
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 158.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Borkum to Wilhelmshaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- "Leuchtturm Borkum". wsa-emden.de (in German). Retrieved 14 August 2010.