Capo Carbonara Lighthouse

Lighthouse in Sardinia, Italy

Lighthouse

39°06′13″N 9°30′50″E / 39.103557°N 9.513900°E / 39.103557; 9.513900TowerConstructed1917 (first)Foundationmasonry baseConstructionmasonry towerAutomatedyesHeight5 metres (16 ft)Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lanternMarkingswhite tower, grey lantern domePower sourcemains electricity

OperatorMarina Militare^[1]^[2]Fog signalnoLightFirst lit1974 (current)Focal height120 metres (390 ft)LensType OR S2 BivalvaIntensitymain: AL 1000 W
reserve: LABI 100 WRangemain: 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)
reserve: 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)CharacteristicFI W 7.5 s.Italy no.1258 E.F.

Capo Carbonara Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Carbonara) is a light situated at the extremity of the granite promontory of Capo Carbonara, in the comune of Villasimius, on the eastern side of Gulf of Cagliari inside the Marine protected area of Capo Carbonara.

Description

The place, for its position, hosted several defensive towers as Fortezza Vecchia built by the Aragonesi, the tower of Porto Giunco built in 1580 and the small tower light of Capo Carbonara built in 1578. ^[3] The first lighthouse was built in 1917 and was described as a skeletal tower; the current was built in 1974 and is placed on the top of the Cape at 120 metres. The lighthouse is formed by a masonry cylindrical tower 5 metres (16 ft) high, white painted with balcony and lantern adjacent to the two-story keeper's house. The lighthouse is active and managed by Marina Militare, it is fully automated and the optics is an OR S2 type with a focal length of 250 mm; the lantern emits a single white flashing in a 7.5 seconds period visible up to 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi) of distance.

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Italy: Southern Sardinia (Sardegna)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "Capo Carbonara". Marina Militare. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)