Farol de Vale Formoso

Farol de Vale Formoso
Place:	Capelo , Faial , Azores
Location:	Azores , Portugal
Geographical location:	38 ° 34 '52 "  N , 28 ° 48' 40"  W Coordinates: 38 ° 34 '52 "  N , 28 ° 48' 40"  W.
Fire carrier height :	13 m
Fire height :	114 m
Identifier :	L.Fl. (2) W.10s
Scope knows:	13 nm (24.1 km )
Operating mode:	electric
Function:	Coastal fire
Construction time:	Late 1950s
Operating time:	since the late 1950s
International ordinal number:	D-2699

The Farol de Vale Formoso is a lighthouse near Capelo in the west of the Azores island of Faial . It is registered under the international number D-2699 and the national number 868. Its identifier is two two-second long flashes within 10 seconds. The range is 13 nautical miles (24 km).

The lighthouse was built at the end of the 1950s to replace the Farol da Ponta dos Capelinhos , 2.5 km northwest, which had to be shut down in September 1957 after a volcanic eruption . The tower is made of reinforced concrete painted white with a gallery and a red lantern.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Portugal

Web links

Commons : Farol de Vale Formoso  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} 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, 2014, p. 408
2. ↑ Faróis de Portugal on the website of the Associação Nacional de Cruzeiros, accessed on August 10, 2014 (Portuguese).
3. ↑ Farol de Vale Formoso on the website of the Portuguese Information System for Architectural Cultural Heritage (Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, SIPA), accessed on August 10, 2015 (Portuguese).