Faro de Higuer
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| Place: | Hondarribia | |
| Location: | Cabo Higuer at the mouth of the Bidasoa | |
| Geographical location: | 43 ° 23 '31 " N , 1 ° 47' 30.4" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 21st | |
| Fire height : | 65 | |
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| Identifier : | Fl (2) W.10s | |
| Scope knows: | 23 nm (42.6 km ) | |
| Operating mode: | 1891 oil lamp 1905 kerosene lamp 1937 electrification |
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| Function: | lighthouse | |
| Construction time: | 1878-1881 | |
| Operating time: | since 1881 | |
| International ordinal number: | D-1452 | |
The Faro de Higuer is a lighthouse on Cabo Higuer on the Spanish Atlantic coast in the Bay of Biscay . It is located in the municipality of Hondarribia west of the mouth of the Bidasoa , which forms the border with France here. It is the easternmost lighthouse on the Spanish Atlantic coast.
tower
Above the Cabo Higuer stands the operating building with a tower in the neoclassical style, built by Antobio Lafarga between 1878 and 1881 . The tower with a square floor plan is facing the sea, in the middle and 21 meters high. An octagonal tower tower with the red painted lantern with a round glass dome begins about halfway up .
The original lighting was an oil lamp with a range of 16 miles and was replaced by a kerosene lamp in 1905. In 1937 the beacon was electrified. The range of the white light with a fire height of 65 meters is 23 nautical miles . The identifier (Fl (2) W. 10s) of the Faro de Higuer are two white flashes in a cycle of 10 seconds. The lighthouse is registered under the international number D-1452 and the national identifier 00040.
About 150 meters away was a previous building that was destroyed in the Third Carlist War in 1874 .
Surroundings
In the immediate vicinity to the west there is a bar, a restaurant and a campsite. The GR 11 long-distance hiking trail begins at the lighthouse and takes you over 820 kilometers to Cap de Creus .
See also
Web links
- Cabo Higuer. Retrieved March 22, 2016 .
- Faro de Higuer. Retrieved March 22, 2016 (Spanish).
- Janire Arrondo: Faro de Higer. May 15, 2013, Retrieved March 22, 2016 (Spanish).