Phare du Petit Minou

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Phare du Petit Minou
Phare du Petit Minou
Phare du Petit Minou
Place: Plouzané , France
Location: Finistère , Brittany , France
Geographical location: 48 ° 20 '12 "  N , 4 ° 36' 51"  W Coordinates: 48 ° 20 '12 "  N , 4 ° 36' 51"  W.
Height of tower base: m
Fire carrier height : 26 m
Fire height : 34 m
Phare du Petit Minou (Finistère)
Phare du Petit Minou
Identifier : red and white, 2 times within 6 seconds
Scope knows: 19 nm (35.2 km )
Function: Orientation fire
Operating time: 1848

Phare du Petit Minou is the name of a lighthouse built in 1848 west of the city of Brest in the Finistère department in Brittany . It has a range of 19 nautical miles and marks the passage of the Strait of Brest . It belongs to the municipality of Plouzané .

history

The lighthouse was built in 1848 at the same time as the Portzic lighthouse in the north of the Brest Strait .

The automation took place in 1989. It is located directly opposite the Pointe des Espagnols .

Petit Minou in gusty weather

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