Punta Carnero Lighthouse

Punta Carnero Lighthouse
Bahía de Algeciras

Punta Carnero Lighthouse
Andalusia
Location Algeciras
Andalusia
Spain
Coordinates 36°04′37.72″N 5°25′34.46″W / 36.0771444°N 5.4262389°W / 36.0771444; -5.4262389Coordinates: 36°04′37.72″N 5°25′34.46″W / 36.0771444°N 5.4262389°W / 36.0771444; -5.4262389
Year first constructed 1874
Construction cut stone tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to 1-storey keeper’s house
Markings / pattern unpainted stone tower, grey lantern
Height 19 metres (62 ft)
Focal height 42 metres (138 ft)
Characteristic Fl (4) WR 20s.
Fog signal “K” every 30s.
Admiralty number D2420
NGA number 4128
ARLHS number SPA-203
Spain number ES-20110[1]
Managing agent Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras

Punta Carnero Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Punta Carnero) is an active lighthouse located on the headland known as Punta Carnero to the south of Algeciras, Spain.[2] The lighthouse was designed and built by Jaime Font, who also designed the lighthouse at Chipiona. Opened in 1874, it overlooks the Strait of Gibraltar.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Punta Carnero The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 25, 2016
  2. ↑ Argentina. Ministerio de Guerra y Marina (1893). Memoria. p. 347. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Spain: Western Andalusia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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