Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
At 82.5 metres (271 ft), Île Vierge Lighthouse (right) is the tallest lighthouse in Europe. It is also the tallest "traditional" lighthouse in the world. [4] [5] Note: Click on the country or place name of your choice in the table below to link you to lighthouses in that area.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
This is a list of lighthouses in Barbados. They are located close to important ports of Barbados and the eastern coast to guide ships from across the Atlantic to the relatively flat island. They are located close to important ports of Barbados and the eastern coast to guide ships from across the Atlantic to the relatively flat island.
Bonne Anse Lighthouse: Image: n/a: Grande Terre: Iso WG 4s. 11 metres (36 ft) 3624: K4799: white: 8 green: 6 Canal Woodin North Side Lighthouse: Image Archived 2016-10-24 at the Wayback Machine: n/a: Prony Bay
Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Tower Height Absecon Light: Atlantic City: 1857 Never 1933 Decorative 167 ft (51 m) 171 ft (52 m) Barnegat Lighthouse: Barnegat Light [2
The Whitefish Point Light is a lighthouse located in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [11] Located on the southeastern shores of Lake Superior, it sits at the edge of Whitefish Point leading to Whitefish Bay. Constructed in 1849 by congress, it is the oldest operating lighthouse in the Upper Peninsula. [12]
The history of Alaskan lighthouses predates the Seward purchase: the Russians erected a light at Sitka, in Baranof Castle (located on Castle Hill); this light was found unnecessary by the Lighthouse Service and discontinued, but was taken over by the army and maintained by them until 1877. [1]
Þrídrangaviti Lighthouse was constructed during 1938 and 1939. [5] It was originally built by hand without machinery, and it was accessible only by scaling the tallest of the three rocky stacks, whose top is 36.5 metres (120 ft) above the sea. [2]