Phare des Grands Cardinaux
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| Place: | Chaussée des Cardinaux, France | |
| Location: | Morbihan , Brittany , France | |
| Geographical location: | 47 ° 19 ′ 16 ″ N , 2 ° 50 ′ 6 ″ W | |
| Height of tower base: | 0.8 m | |
| Fire carrier height : | 27 m | |
| Fire height : | 27.8 m | |
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| Identifier : | 4 flashes every 15 seconds | |
| Scope knows: | 12.5 nm (23.2 km ) | |
| Operating mode: | 80 W | |
| Function: | Orientation fire | |
| Operating time: | 1875 | |
Phare des Grands Cardinaux is the name of a lighthouse that was built on the rock "Groguéguez" in the Morbihan department , southeast of the island of Hœdic . It marks the "Chaussée des Cardinaux", which is the entrance to the Bay of Quiberon .
The tower is remotely controlled from the Phare de Goulphar lighthouse on Belle-Île . It has a range of 12.5 nautical miles .