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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]
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.
Lighthouse Image Location Coordinates Island Built Tower Height Focal Height Range Formentor: Cap de Formentor: Majorca: 1863: 21 m (69 ft) 210 m (689 ft) 24 nmi (44 km) Punta de l'Avançada: Port de Pollença
July 16, 1991. Point Arena Light is a lighthouse in Mendocino County, California, United States, two miles (3 km) north of Point Arena, California. It is approximately 130 mi (210 km) north of San Francisco, in the Fort Point Group of lighthouses. The lighthouse features a small museum and gift shop. Guided tours of the light station as well as ...
The Pine of Formentor. Lo pi de Formentor, from the 1885 edition of the book Poesies. The Pine of Formentor (Catalan: Lo Pi de Formentor, Spanish: El pino de Formentor) is one of the most well-known and celebrated poems by Miquel Costa i Llobera. Technically, it is considered as the culmination of the Romantic poetry in the Catalan language.
Formentera is the smallest and most southerly island of the Pityusic Islands group (comprising Ibiza and Formentera itself, as well as various small islets). It covers an area of 83.24 square kilometres (32.14 sq mi), including offshore islets.
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A lighthouse was assigned to Point Reyes in 1855, but construction was delayed for fifteen years because of a dispute between the United States Lighthouse Board and the landowners over a fair price for the land. The lighthouse is a sixteen sided, 37-foot (11 m) tower, and a twin of Cape Mendocino Light. The first-order Fresnel lens was first ...