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Ponta do Norte Lighthouse

Coordinates: 16°51′5.2″N 22°54′54.3″W / 16.851444°N 22.915083°W / 16.851444; -22.915083
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Ponta do Norte Lighthouse
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LocationPonta do Norte
Cape Verde
Coordinates16°51′5.2″N 22°54′54.3″W / 16.851444°N 22.915083°W / 16.851444; -22.915083
Tower
Constructed1897 (first)
~1940 (second, now in ruins)
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionmetal skeletal tower (current)
masonry tower (second)
Height4.8 metres (16 ft) (current)
10.9 metres (36 ft) (second) [1]
Shapesquare prism skeletal tower (current)
cylindrical tower (second)
Markingswhite tower (second)
Power sourcesolar power Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First litn/a (current)
Deactivated~1940 (first)
~1960 (second)
Focal height16 metres (52 ft) (current) [1]
Light sourcesolar power
Range8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)[1]
CharacteristicFl (3) W 12s.[1]
Cape Verde no.PT-2070[2]

Farol de Ponta Norte (the Ponta Norte Lighthouse, Portuguese: literally North Point Lighthouse or the North Point of Sal), also as farol de Reguinho Fiúra is a lighthouse in the northernmost point of the island of Sal in northeastern Cape Verde, it is located near the area of Ponta do Norte, Reguinho Fiúra and are linked with only dirt roads. The northernmost area of the island remains unpopulated. Several small portions of areas have recently partly been mined for salt and other materials.

History

The original lighthouse was first constructed in 1897 with a tower made out of iron, it was 13 meters high with an attached section in the viewing part.[3]

A new lighthouse was constructed in early 1941,[4] today they are in ruins, it consisted a white cylindrical tower made out of parallelepipedic volume of 4x4 meters, both done by masonry, its height was 11 meters.[3] It was built using a patented "MURUS material system" by author of the engineer of the Portuguese inventor Raul Pires Ferreira Chaves.[5]

The today's lighthouse has a modern steel column 5 meters in height.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
  2. ^ "Cape Verde". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Ponta Norte (Reguinho Fiúra)". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Lighthouse Directory. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  4. ^ “Notícias de Cabo Verde” March 25, 1941 (p. 2)
  5. ^ Act of Session on the Art Council of Public Works in the Colony of Cape Verde, 28 December 1938

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