Capo Carbonara Lighthouse

Capo Carbonara Lighthouse

Capo Carbonara Lighthouse
Sardinia
Location Capo Carbonara
Villasimius
Sardinia
Italy
Coordinates 39°06′13.8″N 9°30′48.8″E / 39.103833°N 9.513556°E / 39.103833; 9.513556Coordinates: 39°06′13.8″N 9°30′48.8″E / 39.103833°N 9.513556°E / 39.103833; 9.513556
Year first constructed 1917 (first)
Year first lit 1974 (current)
Automated yes
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, grey lantern dome
Height 5 metres (16 ft)
Focal height 120 metres (390 ft)
Light source mains power
Range main: 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)
reserve: 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic FI W 7.5 s.
Fog signal no
Admiralty number E1043
NGA number 8548
ARLHS number SAR-010
Italy number 1258 E.F.
Managing agent Marina Militare [1][2]

Capo Carbonara Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Carbonara) is a light situated at the extremity of the granite promontory of Capo Carbonara, in the comune of Villasimius, on the eastern side of Gulf of Cagliari inside the Marine protected area of Capo Carbonara.

History

The place, for its position, hosted several defensive towers as Fortezza Vecchia built by the Aragonesi, the tower of Porto Giunco built in 1580 and the small tower light of Capo Carbonara built in 1578. [3] The first lighthouse was built in 1917 and was described as a skeletal tower; the current was built in 1974 and is placed on the top of the Cape at 120 metres. The lighthouse is formed by a masonry cylindrical tower 5 metres (16 ft) high, white painted with balcony and lantern adjacent to the two-story keeper's house. The lighthouse is active and operated by Marina Militare, it is fully automated and the optics is an OR S2 type with a focal length of 250; the lantern emits a single white flashing in a 7.5 seconds period visible up to 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi).

See also


References

  1. ↑ Faro Capo Carbonara Marina Militare
  2. ↑ Lighthouses Directory
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-08.


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