Sorel Point Lighthouse
| Sorel Point Lighthouse | ||
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| Place: |
 Jersey , Saint John
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| Location: | On the northernmost cape of the island | |
| Geographical location: | 49 ° 15 '36.1 " N , 2 ° 9' 32.2" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 10 ft (3 m ) | |
| Fire height : | 163 ft (49.7 m ) | |
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| Identifier : | LFl.WR.7.5s | |
| Scope knows: | 15 nm (27.8 km ) | |
| Operating mode: | Solar energy | |
| Function: | Sector Fire | |
| Operating time: | since 1938 | |
| International ordinal number: | A 1584 | |
Sorel Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse ( English Lighthouse ) on Jersey . It stands on the northernmost cape of the island.
description
The three-meter-high, round structure was erected from concrete in 1938 and put into operation. After Jersey was occupied by the Wehrmacht , buildings of the Atlantic Wall were built around the lighthouse during World War II , which are still preserved today. In 2009, the initially black and white checkered paintwork of the beacon was replaced by a white one, and at the same time it was converted to solar energy .
The sector fire warns of the shallows north of Jersey. It has a fire height of around 50 m and shows as an identifier a blinking with a return of 7.5 seconds (LFl.WR.7.5s).
Web links
Commons : Sorel Point Lighthouse - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Jersey ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- Sorel Point Lighthouse. Retrieved October 7, 2017 .