Farol da Ponta Norte

Farol de Ponta Norte
Farol de Ponta Norte
Cape Verde
Location Reguinho Fiúra, Sal, Cape Verde
Coordinates 16°50′N 22°55′W / 16.833°N 22.917°W / 16.833; -22.917Coordinates: 16°50′N 22°55′W / 16.833°N 22.917°W / 16.833; -22.917
Year first constructed 1897 (first tower)
1941 (second tower, now in ruins)
Tower shape square parallelepiped tower
Height 5 metres (16 ft)
Focal height 16 metres (52 ft)
Range 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Characteristic Fl(2) W 12s
Admiralty number D-2946[1]
D-2919.75
NGA number 113-24147
Cape Verde number 2020

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.

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

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.[2]

A new lighthouse was constructed in 1941, 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.[2] It was built using a patented "MURUS material system" by author of the engineer of the Portuguese inventor Raul Pires Ferreira Chaves.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ponta Norte". Lighthouses in Cape Verde. Direcção Geral da Marinha e Portos (DGMP). Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Ponta Norte (Reguinho Fiúra)". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Lighthouse Directory. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Act of Session on the Art Council of Public Works in the Colony of Cape Verde, 28 December 1938

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