Far des Cap de ses Salines
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| Place: | Cap de ses Salines | |
| Location: | Santanyí | |
| Geographical location: | 39 ° 15 '54.8 " N , 3 ° 3' 12.3" E | |
| Height of tower base: | 17 m above sea level NN | |
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| Identifier : | Fl (2 + 1) W.20s : 2 + 1 flashes every 20 s | |
| Scope knows: | 13 nm (24.1 km ) | |
| Optics: | Belt lens | |
| Operating mode: | electric | |
| Function: | lighthouse | |
| Construction time: | 1863 | |
| Operating time: | since 1863 | |
| International ordinal number: | E 0314 | |
The Far des Cap de ses Salines is a lighthouse at the southernmost point of the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca . It was built on Cap de ses Salines in 1863 and is still in use today. The lighthouse is located in the municipality of Santanyí about nine kilometers south of the small town of Ses Salines at the end of the MA-6110 road and cannot be reached by public transport. The tower is registered under the international number E-0314 and the national ID 33890 and irradiates a sector from 265 to 116 degrees .
History and architecture
The Far des Cap de ses Salines was built by Emili Pou y Bonet and put into operation on August 31, 1863. The building land belonged to the Marquès del Palmer , who ceded the compensation owed to the state. The building consists of a cylindrical tower with a lantern and a double gallery . It is painted white and has yellow-brown decorative strips. The lantern has a gray- metallized appearance and originally contained a mirror lens with a diameter of 30 centimeters from the Paris company Henry-LePaute. Two seamen were responsible for maintaining the tower.
In 1917 an acetylene lighting system was installed. It emitted a 3 + 1 flash through a system of panels rotating around the lens. A Fresnel lens VI. Order was built in 1957 and when switching to electrical energy, the identifier changed to 3 + 1 flashes every 10 seconds. The tower was also rebuilt, increased by 6.5 meters and provided with the double gallery. With an experiment that failed due to changing winds, an attempt was made to operate the system temporarily with wind energy. In 1980 the lighthouse was the first in Spain to be supplied with solar energy .
On the side of the tower are a few outbuildings that house the classrooms of the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA).
See also
Web links
- Lighthouses of Spain: Balearic Islands. Retrieved February 6, 2016 .
- Faro del Cap Salines. Fars de Baleares, accessed February 6, 2016 (Spanish).
Individual evidence
- ↑ E-0314 Faro de Punta Salinas (Spanish), accessed April 15, 2012
- ↑ Information board in front of the lighthouse (as of April 9, 2012)
- ↑ Instituto de Investigación costera Faro de ses Salines ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), Retrieved April 15, 2012
