Chumbe Lighthouse
 Chumbe Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Chumbe Island Zanzibar |
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| Coordinates | 6°16′48.5″S 39°10′37.5″E / 6.280139°S 39.177083°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1904 |
| Construction | stone tower |
| Height | 34 metres (112 ft) |
| Shape | 5-stage square tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | unpainted tower, white lantern |
| Operator | Chumbe Island Coral Park[1] |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 37 metres (121 ft) |
| Lens | 4th order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)[2] |
| Characteristic | Fl W 11s. |
The Chumbe Lighthouse (Swahili: Mnara wa Taa wa Chumbe) is a historic lighthouse located on Chumbe Island on Malindi ward of Mjini District in the Mjini Magharibi Region of Tanzania's Zanzibar Island.[3][4]
Until 2013 it burned acetylene to produce the light, a process that since 1926 had been automated with use of a sun valve. The lighthouse now uses a solar-powered (photovoltaic) system.
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Tanzania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ↑ List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016. p. {{{page}}}.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ (12 June 2005). "Lighthouses of Tanzania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ↑ D'Entremont, Jeremy (August–September 2004). "Zanzibar's Chumbe Lighthouse Celebrates a Century of Service". Lighthouse Digest. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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