Phare de Kermorvan
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| Place: | Le Conquet , France | |
| Location: | Finistère , Brittany , France | |
| Geographical location: | 48 ° 21 '43 " N , 4 ° 47' 23" W | |
| Height of tower base: | 1.7 m | |
| Fire carrier height : | 20.3 m | |
| Fire height : | 22 m | |
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| Identifier : | white flash every 5 seconds | |
| Scope knows: | 22 nm (40.7 km ) | |
| Optics: | Halogen 180 W | |
| Function: | Orientation fire | |
| Operating time: | 1849 | |
Phare de Kermorvan is the name of a lighthouse in the Breton municipality of Le Conquet in the Finistère department . It has a range of 22 nautical miles and is the link between the lighthouses Saint-Mathieu and Trézien on the Four-Passage (Chenal du Four) - an important sea route between the mainland and the Molène archipelago .
The square lighthouse was built in 1849 on a rock at the end of the protected Kermorvan peninsula and is the most westerly lighthouse on the French mainland. Access to the tower is ensured via a granite bridge. The lighthouse cannot be visited and has been remotely controlled from Brest since 1994 .