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The Formentor (Spanish: Far de Formentor) or Cap de Formentor Lighthouse is an active lighthouse on the Spanish island of Majorca. It is the highest lighthouse in the Balearic Islands with a focal height of 210 metres (690 ft) above sea level, located on high cliffs at the tip of Cap de Formentor. [2] [1]
Marine occupation. A lighthouse keeper or lightkeeper is a person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms were used. Lighthouse keepers were sometimes referred to as " wickies " because of their job trimming the wicks. [1]
Biography. Ronda Armitage was born in KaikÅura, New Zealand, on 11 March 1943. [1] She worked as a teacher and is a trained counsellor, but is best known for her many children's books, including the Lighthouse Keeper series, inspired by the Beachy Head lighthouse. [2]
Lighthousekeeping. Lighthousekeeping is a 2004 novel by Jeanette Winterson. The novel depicts the perilous unbalanced psychology of the narrating character Silver, who becomes an apprentice to a lighthouse keeper. [1] and follows in Winterson's typically mythological and metaphorical writing, exploring themes of storytelling, love and history.
Abbie was the fourth of nine children of Samuel and Thankful (Phinney) Burgess, [1] [2] who moved to Matinicus Rock in 1853 to become its lighthouse keeper. [3] Although only 15, she soon took over duties of tending the lighthouse so that Samuel could fish and catch lobster, which he sold in Rockland, Maine, 25 miles (40 km) away.
Penfield Reef Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on Penfield Reef at the south side of Black Rock Harbor entrance on the Long Island Sound, off the coast of Fairfield, Connecticut. [2][3][4][5][6] Constructed in 1874, it was one of the last offshore masonry lights. Most offshore lights built after this were cast iron ...
Location. Cap de Formentor is located on the northernmost point of the Balearic Island Mallorca in Spain. Its highest point, Fumat, is 384 m above sea level. It has many associated bays, including Cala Figuera, Cala Murta and Cala Pi de la Posada. The Mallorcans also call the cape the Meeting point of the winds.
Dombrowski is among some of this nation's last resident lighthouse keepers. The 64-year-old and his wife have called Goat Island Lighthouse home for the better part of 30 years.