Farol da Ponta do Arnel

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Farol da Ponta do Arnel
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Place: Ponta do Arnel, Nordeste , São Miguel , Azores
Location: on a ledge by the sea
Geographical location: 37 ° 49 '26.7 "  N , 25 ° 8' 8.3"  W Coordinates: 37 ° 49 '26.7 "  N , 25 ° 8' 8.3"  W.
Fire carrier height : 15 m
Fire height : 66 m
Farol da Ponta do Arnel (Azores)
Farol da Ponta do Arnel
Identifier : Fl.W.5s
Scope knows: 25 nm (46.3 km )
Optics: Third order Fresnel lens
Operating mode: electric
Function: Sea fire
Operating time: since November 26, 1876
International ordinal number: D-2640

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The Farol da Ponta do Arnel is a lighthouse in the east of the Azores island of São Miguel . With the exception of a small beacon on the pier in Ponta Delgada , it is the oldest lighthouse in the Azores. It stands in the municipality of Nordeste on a promontory of the Ponta do Arnel . The lighthouse is registered under the international number D-2640 and the national number 704. It irradiates a sector from 157 ° to 358 ° and has a range of 25  nautical miles .

History and architecture

As early as 1866, the engineer and later Vice Admiral Francisco Maria Pereira da Silva (1813-1891) recommended the construction of a lighthouse in the east of São Miguel in a study. However, it was not until November 26th, 1876 that the lighthouse could be handed over to its intended purpose. The 15 m high octagonal tower with a surrounding gallery carries the red lacquered metal dome on a round base. The tower, like the octagonal residential and farm building of the lighthouse keeper at its base, is painted white. The tower initially had second-order Fresnel optics with a focal length of 700 mm. In 1937, the originally installed mineral oil firing was replaced by an oil vapor lamp. The person responsible for the rotation of the optical movement has been replaced. From 1954 it was replaced by a gas engine. At the same time, the lighthouse received third-order optics with a focal length of 375 mm. Its range was now 21 nm. In 1955 a generator was installed. The lighthouse now worked with a 3000 W incandescent lamp . The gas light ( Ethin ) installed a year earlier only served as an emergency reserve. The lighthouse got an electric motor and a new third-order optics in 1990. In 1993 it was connected to the power grid .

  • The lighthouse

  • The lantern house

  • View from the Miradouro da vista dos Barcos viewpoint of the lighthouse

See also

Web links

Commons : Farol da Ponta do Arnel  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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; 3.3 MB), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia, 2017, p. 410
  2. ↑ a b Acores: history , lighthouses of the European Union, accessed on February 12, 2017
  3. ↑ Faróis de Portugal on the website of the Associação Nacional de Cruzeiros, accessed on March 19, 2014 (Portuguese)
  4. ↑ a b c Farol da Ponta do Arnel ( Memento from August 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Faróis de Portugal (Portuguese)
  5. ↑ a b Farol do Arnel / Farol da Ponta do Arnel on the website of the Portuguese Information System for Architectural Cultural Heritage (Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, SIPA), accessed on February 12, 2017 (Portuguese)