List of lighthouses in East Timor
The list shows the existing lighthouses in East Timor .
list
| Surname | Location | Waters | position | Construction year | Tower height | Fire height | image |
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| Motael lighthouse | Motael , Dili | Wetar Strait | 8 ° 32 '53.8 " S , 125 ° 34" 7.5 " E | 1896 | 19 m | 17 m |
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| Oe-Cusse lighthouse | Pante Macassar , Oe-Cusse Ambeno | Sawu Lake | 9 ° 11 '15.3 " S , 124 ° 23' 34" E | ? | 31 m | 27 m |
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| Jaco Island Lighthouse | Jaco , Tutuala | Timor Sea | 8 ° 26 ′ 6.2 " S , 127 ° 20 ′ 29.1" E | 1898 | 35 m | ? |
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history
The oldest lighthouse that exists today is the Motael lighthouse in Dili, which was built in 1896. But there was a lighthouse in the colonial capital earlier. A drawing by Pedrozo , who visited Dili on the warship Martinho de Mello on June 15, 1864, shows the "Pharol de Timor" off the coast . Presumably the lighthouse marked the entrance to the Bay of Dili between the coral reefs.
During the Portuguese colonial period, other beacons were in operation. Ruins of lighthouses are Lore I and Iliomar . Another beacon stood in Batugade .
The lighthouse on Jaco may no longer exist.
Motael lighthouse (1946)
Iliomar (built around 1904)
Batugade (built in 1910)
Web links
Commons : Lighthouses in East Timor - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ The Lighthouse Directory: Lighthouses of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- ^ Archivo Pittoresco, Vol. X, 1867, p. 325.