Capo San Marco Lighthouse
 Capo San Marco Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Capo San Marco Cabras Sardinia Italy |
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| Coordinates | 39°51′36″N8°26′04″E/ 39.860083°N 8.434306°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1924 |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Automated | yes |
| Height | 15 metres (49 ft) |
| Shape | quadrangular tower with double balcony and lantern |
| Markings | ochre tower and lantern with white trim, grey metallic lantern dome |
| Power source | mains electricity |
| Operator | Marina Militare[1][2] |
| Fog signal | no |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 57 metres (187 ft) |
| Lens | Type ORD 4 |
| Intensity | main: AL 1000 W reserve: LABI 100 W |
| Range | mains: 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) reserve: 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (2) W 10s. |
| Italy no. | 1390 E.F. |
Capo San Marco Lighthouse(Italian:Faro di Capo San Marco) is an activelighthouselocated on Capo San Marco promontory, on the tip ofSinis peninsulaoverlooking the ruins below ofTharros.The structure is in the municipality ofCabras,in the west of theislandon theSea of Sardinia.
Description
[edit]The lighthouse was built in 1924 and consists of a masonry ochre quadrangular tower, 15 metres (49 ft) high, with double balcony and lantern atop a 2-storey keeper's house. The lantern, which mounts an optics of Type ORD 4, is painted in ochre and the dome in grey metallic; it is positioned at 57 metres (187 ft)above sea leveland emitstwo white flashesin a 10 seconds period visible up to a distance of 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi). The lighthouse is completely automated and managed by theMarina Militarewith the identification code number 1390 E.F.[2]
The lighthouse, since 1969, was managed byElisabetta Deriuwidow of the lighthouse keeper who died in service in 1967; she succeed to get her husband's job and she became the first female keeper in Italy after attending the professional training course in La Spezia.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Rowlett, Russ."Lighthouses of Italy: Southern Sardinia (Sardegna)".The Lighthouse Directory.University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.RetrievedMarch 19,2018.
- ^ab"Capo San Marco".Marina Militare.RetrievedMarch 19,2018.
- ^"In quel faro gli anni più belli".La Nuova Sardegna. Archived fromthe originalon March 19, 2018.RetrievedMarch 19,2018.
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