Shark Island lighthouse

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Shark Island lighthouse
Historic lighthouse on Shark Island (2006)
Historic lighthouse on Shark Island (2006)
Place: Lüderitz , NamibiaNamibiaNamibia 
Location: Shark Island
Geographical location: 26 ° 38 '8.3 "  S , 15 ° 9' 8.9"  E Coordinates: 26 ° 38 '8.3 "  S , 15 ° 9' 8.9"  E
Height of tower base: 19  m
Fire height : 31 m
Shark Island Lighthouse (Namibia)
Shark Island lighthouse
Construction time: 1903
Operating time: 1903-1910
International ordinal number: D5606

The lighthouse Shark Island ( English Shark Island Lighthouse ) is a historic lighthouse on the Shark Island peninsula in Lüderitz in the ǁKaras region in southwestern Namibia . It has a total height of 12  m . and was built in 1903 and shut down in 1910. The lighthouse has an atypical square shape with an attached lighthouse keeper's house. The lantern has been removed. Today the tower is part of a lodge belonging to Namibia Wildlife Resorts .

New lighthouse

Not far from here ( 26 ° 38 ′ 7.6 ″  S , 15 ° 9 ′ 9.2 ″  E ) is a 15  m high steel scaffolding tower with a fire height of 34  m , which is known as the New Shark Island Lighthouse . Depending on the direction, it sends a red or green light for 2.5 seconds with a break of 7.5 seconds over a distance of 8 nautical miles (about 15 kilometers).

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  1. ↑ Note: This article contains characters from the alphabet of the Khoisan languages spoken in southern Africa . The display contains characters of the click letters ǀ , ǁ , ǂ and ǃ . For more information on the pronunciation of long or nasal vowels or certain clicks , see e.g. B. under Khoekhoegowab .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Namibia ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ Shark Island. Namibia Wildlife Resorts. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  3. ^ Photo of the steel frame lighthouse Lighthphotos.net, 2011.