Sark Lighthouse
| Sark Lighthouse | |||
| Sark | |||
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| Location | |||
| Location: | Point Robert | ||
| Location: | 49°26’11"N, 2°20’44"W | ||
| Characteristics | |||
| Height: | 52 feet | ||
| Tower shape: | Octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern rising fron keeper's house | ||
| Tower marking: | white tower and keeper's house | ||
| Light: | Fl W 15s. | ||
| Intensity: | 45,000 candela | ||
| Focal height: | 213 feet | ||
| Range: | 20 nautical miles | ||
| Admiralty No.: | A1544 | ||
| History | |||
| Built 1913 | |||
| Information | |||
Sark Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the side of cliffs at Point Robert, at the north east of Sark, and guides vessels passing through the Channel Islands away from Blanchard Rock, which lies several miles to the east.
The lighthouse was constructed by Trinity House in 1913 and comprises a white, octagonal tower rising from flat-roofed service rooms and cottages, all built of stone. Access is provided by steps down from the top of the cliff, but the lighthouse was automated in 1994 and is now remotely monitored from the Trinity House operations centre in Harwich, Essex.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Sark Lighthouse) |
- Sark Lighthouse - Trinity House
References
- ↑ Sark Lighthouse - Trinity House
| Lighthouses of Trinity House |
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Great Britain: |
| Channel Islands and Gibraltar: Casquets • Europa Point • Les Hanois • Sark |