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Barra Head Lighthouse on Barra Head identifies the southern entrance to The Minch, roughly halfway between the Eilean Glas and Rinns of Islay lighthouses. The 58-foot (18-metre) stone tower, built in 1833, stands on the west side of the island, at the top of a very steep cliff, making the light the highest in the UK with a focal plane of 208 m (682 ft) above sea level.
Barra Head Lighthouse identifies the southern entrance to The Minch, roughly halfway between the Eilean Glas and Rinns of Islay lighthouses. The 58-foot (18-metre) stone tower stands on the west side of the island, at the top of a very steep cliff, making the light 693 ft (211 m) above sea level, with a range of 18 nmi (33 km). [ 29 ]
The lighthouse was built at the center of the Santo Antônio da Barra Fort. [1] [2] [3] The current lighthouse is the second built the site. The first was built of taipa, and was the second built in the Americas, after the old Friborg Palace in Recife. The current structure was built in 1839 and dedicated by Dom Pedro II of Brazil. It is ...
Barra Head Lighthouse, Keeper's House, Graveyard, Ancillary Structures, Garden And Boundary Walls 56°47′08″N 7°39′12″W / 56.785426°N 7.653252°W / 56.785426; -7.653252 ( Barra Head Lighthouse, Keeper's House, Graveyard, Ancillary Structures, Garden And Boundary
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Barra (/ ˈ b ær ə /; Scottish Gaelic: Barraigh or Eilean Bharraigh [ˈelan ˈvarˠaj] ⓘ; Scots: Barra) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to which it is connected by the Vatersay Causeway. In 2011, the population was 1,174.
Santo Antonio da Barra Lighthouse: Barra Salvador, Bahia: 1839: 22 m (72 ft) 39 m (128 ft) Al Iso (2) W (1) R 30s. white: 38 nmi (70 km) red: 34 nmi (63 km) G0242: 18028 São Cristóvão Lighthouse: Image: São Cristóvão
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