Far de Tramuntana
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| Place: | Sa Dragonera , Mallorca , Balearic Islands | |
| Location: | on the northeast tip of the island of Sa Dragonera opposite the western tip of Mallorca | |
| Geographical location: | 39 ° 35 '52.9 " N , 2 ° 20' 17.4" E | |
| Fire carrier height : | 15 m | |
| Fire height : | 67 m | |
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| Identifier : | Fl (2) W.12s | |
| Scope knows: | 14 nm (25.9 km ) | |
| Optics: | 5th order Fresnel optics | |
| Function: | Sea fire | |
| Operating time: | since November 15, 1910 | |
| International ordinal number: | E 0284 | |
The Far de Tramuntana is a lighthouse on the island of Sa Dragonera , which lies off the western tip of the Balearic island of Mallorca and belongs to the municipality of Andratx . It is registered under the international number E-0284 and the national number 35.310.
History and structure
The lighthouse is a 15 m high round tower made of limestone blocks with a double gallery and lantern in gray metallic. The tower is unplastered up to the lower gallery, but painted white between the galleries. He stands on a platform with a one-story, now no longer inhabited, guard's house with a red roof.
The Far de Tramuntana was inaugurated together with the Far de Llebeig in 1910 . Since then, the lighthouses mark the two ends of the elongated island of Sa Dragonera and replace the Far de Na Pòpia , which stands on the highest point of the island and , at 363 m, had the highest fire height in Spain. However, it is precisely this height that often makes it invisible to ships in foggy weather. The Far de Tramuntana has a fire height of 67 m.
The construction of the lighthouses took place under the direction of the Mallorcan civil engineer Eusebi Estada . For the Cabo Tramuntana, he initially only planned a simple fixed light that was to be installed on a metal tower at a height of 6.5 m. The Far de Llebeig staff at the other end of the island should be responsible for the operation and maintenance. Ultimately, however, the decision was made to build a 5th order lighthouse with a characteristic light signal. In contrast to the Far de Llebeig, which was initially served by three lighthouse keepers at the same time, only one lighthouse keeper was responsible for running the Far de Tramuntana. Living space was made available for him and his family in an additional building. The construction work was carried out according to a design by Miguel Massanet .
In the course of the automation of the lighthouses on the small islands of the Balearic Islands, the lighting system was switched to acetylene in 1960 . The old optics have been expanded and have been in use in the Portocolom lighthouse on the east coast of Mallorca since 1965 . The lighthouse has been unoccupied since 1961. Until the Far de Llebeig was automated, its staff was responsible for its continued operation.
See also
Web links
- Tramuntana lighthouse on the lighthouses site in Baleares
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Tramuntana Lighthouse on the Baleares Lighthouses website , accessed October 25, 2018.
- ↑ a b List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals. Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, The Mediterranian Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF; 5.4 MB), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency , Springfield, Virginia, 2018, p. 90 (English ).
- ^ A b Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Spain: Mallorca and Menorca ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ↑ Na Pòpia lighthouse (out of order) on the Baleares Lighthouses website , accessed October 24, 2018.
- ↑ Javier Pérez de Arévalo, Rif Spahni: Els fars de sa Dragonera (PDF; 37.1 MB). Ports de Balears, Lunwerg, 2017. ISBN 978-84-08-17470-7 , accessed October 25, 2018 (Catalan / Spanish)