Phare de la Parquette
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| Place: | Camaret-sur-Mer , France | |
| Location: | Finistère , Brittany , France | |
| Geographical location: | 48 ° 15 '54 " N , 4 ° 44' 18" W | |
| Height of tower base: | 0 m | |
| Fire carrier height : | 17 m | |
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| Identifier : | one blink every 4 seconds | |
| Scope knows: | 6 nm (11.1 km ) | |
| Optics: | Fresnel lens | |
| Operating mode: | Halogen, 650 W | |
| Function: | Orientation fire | |
| Operating time: | 1918 | |
The Phare de la Parquette is a lighthouse off the west coast of the Crozon peninsula in Brittany . It was built on the small rock Basse de la Parquette in the open Atlantic . Its beacon, in conjunction with the larger lighthouses of Saint-Mathieu , Petit Minou and Toulinguet, supports the entry into the Strait of Brest ( Goulet de Brest ).
location
The rock Basse de la Parquette measures approx. 20 m in diameter. It is only visible at low tide and is then on average 4 m above the water surface. At high tide it is a maximum of 3 m under water. The 17 m high lighthouse stands on this rock. It is located about 8 km west of the Cape Pointe de Penhir and Pointe du Toulinguet near the port city of Camaret-sur-Mer and about 7.5 km south of the Cape Pointe Saint-Mathieu . In clear weather it can be seen from the coast. It has a range of about 6 nautical miles .
Prehistory: accidents
The waters west of the Crozon Peninsula and the Strait of Brest are dangerous for navigation because of numerous rocks just below sea level. Serious shipping accidents have occurred there repeatedly for hundreds of years. They gave rise to the erection or renewal of a lighthouse on the rock. In the immediate vicinity of La Parquette breakdown of 1869, the French warship Gorgone , when there was no lighthouse there, and in 1917 the British cargo ship Swansea Vale , while a new building of the tower was not yet completed.
Predecessor buildings and construction of today's lighthouse
The French Navy commissioned the construction of the first beacon on La Parquette in 1872. It was built between 1874 and 1880. The structure was only 6 m high and half of it was under water during flooding. From 1898 to 1899 the building was increased to 9 m. In 1915 a storm destroyed the beacon. The lighthouse, which is still working today, was built from 1916 to 1918.
| Data | |
| position | 48 ° 15 '54 "N 04 ° 44' 18" W. |
| Identifier | one blink every 4 seconds |
| Sectors | Red flashing in a westerly direction, 244 ° –285 ° clockwise
green flashing in all other directions |
| scope | 6 nautical miles |
| Tower height (= height above sea level) | 17 m |
| description | round tower; Color: black and white spirals |
| created | 1916-1918 |
| in operation | yes (automated) |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Phare de la Parquette (fr.) ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Topic Topos website - Patrimoine de France . Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ↑ A l'Aber W'rach et le pays des Abers (fr.) . Website about shipwrecks off the coast of Brittany. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ↑ Gorgon (French) . Website archeosousmarine about shipwrecks off the French Atlantic coast. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ↑ Swansea Vale ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website divinggroup (de.) About diving exploration of the Swansea Vale. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ↑ Phare de la Parquette (fr.) ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Topic Topos website - Patrimoine de France . Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ↑ Oeuvre du Marin Breton, Brest (ed.): Almanach du Marin Breton . Brest 1999, ISBN 2-902855-22-2 , p. 237
