Phare de l'Île Vierge
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| Place: | Plouguerneau , France | |
| Location: | Finistère , Brittany , France | |
| Geographical location: | 48 ° 38 '20 " N , 4 ° 34' 3" W | |
| Height of tower base: | 1.5 m | |
| Fire carrier height : | 82.5 m | |
| Fire height : | 84 m | |
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| Identifier : | a white flash every 5 seconds | |
| Scope knows: | 27 nm (50 km ) | |
| Optics: | Fresnel lens | |
| Operating mode: | Halogen, 650 W | |
| Function: | Orientation fire | |
| Operating time: | 1902 | |
Phare de l'Île Vierge is the name of a lighthouse on the Île Vierge (Virgin Island ), which belongs to the municipality of Plouguerneau in the Finistère department . It is located about 1.5 kilometers from the coast in the Lilia archipelago . Its range is 27 nautical miles , which corresponds to about 52 kilometers.
The lighthouse has been listed as a historic monument of France since May 23, 2011 . It is open to the public for visits. The tower can be reached on foot at low tide , otherwise boat tours are offered.
history
1842–1845 the first lighthouse was built on the island of Vierge with a height of 31 meters and a square floor plan. Its permanently installed white light had a range of 14 nautical miles. Operations continued during the construction of the current lighthouse. The fog horn installed in 1952 is still in operation today. In addition to the accommodation for the lighthouse keepers, a radio beacon completes the system on the island.
Today's lighthouse
Built between 1897 and 1902 at a height of 82.5 meters, the Phare de l'Île Vierge is the highest lighthouse in Europe . The interior was clad with 12,500 opal tiles from the Saint-Gobain brand . The granite tower, which tapers conically upwards on the outside, has 360 stone steps and 32 iron stairs in the cylindrical inner part to get to the lighting system. Five granite stairs on the stone base lead to the tower. All in all, this results in 397 levels. The electric lamp was installed in a mercury bath on a mechanical rotating plate in 1952. The plate was replaced by an electric motor in 1983.
Since October 29, 2010 the Phare de l'Île Vierge is no longer continuously manned by a lighthouse keeper. It is controlled fully automatically from the Créac'h lighthouse on the island of Ouessant .
See also
- List of lighthouses in France
- Map with lighthouses in Finistere (on French Wikipedia)
- List of tallest lighthouses in the world
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry no. PA29000071 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Site de la DDE ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
