Pelican Point lighthouse
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| Place: | near Walvis Bay , Namibia
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| Location: | Pelican Point | |
| Geographical location: | 22 ° 53 '30.8 " S , 14 ° 26' 7.5" E | |
| Fire height : | 34 m | |
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| Scope knows: | 26 nm (48.2 km ) | |
| Construction time: | 1898/1915/1932 | |
| Operating time: | 1898– | |
| International ordinal number: | D5520 | |
The lighthouse Pelican Point ( English Pelican Point Lighthouse ) is a lighthouse at Pelican Point 32 kilometers from the Namibian port city of Walvis Bay .
The beacon emits a white light every 20 seconds with a pause of 3.6 seconds. The tower is made of iron up to a height of 34 m . The lantern is red, the tower itself is striped horizontally in black and white. It originally stood at the end of the peninsula caused by silting currently (2020) about two kilometers to the Atlantic has moved.
The lighthouse was originally built as a beacon in 1898 by the Schutztruppe for German South West Africa . A simple signal tower followed, which was erected by South African troops after the surrender in 1915/16 . This was replaced in 1932 by a new lighthouse originally intended for Durban . In 1961 the current beacon was installed.
The former lighthouse keeper's house and the historic harbor control tower have been an exclusive lodge for tourists since 2011 .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Pelican Point Lighthouse. Leuchtturm-web.de. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ Lighthouses of Namibia. The Lighthouse Directory, University of North Carolina. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
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