Cape Palinuro
40°01′35″N 15°16′30″E / 40.02639°N 15.27500°E
 A view of Capo Palinuro with the lighthouse on the top | |
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| Location | Capo Palinuro Palinuro Campania Italy |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°01′35″N 15°16′30″E / 40.0264°N 15.275°E |
| Constructed | 1870 |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Height | 14 metres (46 ft) |
| Shape | octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern atop a 2-storey keeper’s house |
| Markings | white tower |
| Operator | Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni [1] [2] |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 206 metres (676 ft) |
| Light source | mains power |
| Range | main: 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) reserve: 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (3) W 15s. |
| Italy no. | 2668 E.F. |
Cape Palinuro (Italian : Capo Palinuro) is located in southwestern Italy, approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Salerno, in southern part of Cilento region. It is supposedly named after Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas' ship in Virgil's Aeneid.[3]
Geography
Northern side of the cape is the location of Palinuro, a touristic hamlet of Centola. Southern side faces in the Gulf of Policastro, and is far 6 km from Marina di Camerota.
See also
References
- ^ Capo Palinuro The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 6 August 2016
- ^ Capo Palinuro Marina Militare. Retrieved 6 August 2016
- ^ Virgil Aeneid, ed. and trans. Dryden, John Perseus Project Retrieved on 1 February 2011.
External links
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