Barrettinelli di Fuori Lighthouse

Barrettinelli di Fuori Lighthouse
Corcelli

Barrettinelli di Fuori Lighthouse
Sardinia
Location Maddalena archipelago
Sardinia
Italy
Coordinates 41°18′05.8″N 9°24′08.1″E / 41.301611°N 9.402250°E / 41.301611; 9.402250Coordinates: 41°18′05.8″N 9°24′08.1″E / 41.301611°N 9.402250°E / 41.301611; 9.402250
Year first constructed 1936 (first)
Year first lit 1961 (current)
Automated 1985
Construction stone tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern removed
Markings / pattern black tower with an horizontal red band
Height 12 metres (39 ft)
Focal height 22 metres (72 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)
Characteristic FI (2) W 10 s.
Fog signal no
Admiralty number E0946
NGA number 8192
ARLHS number SAR-026
Italy number 1010 E.F.
Managing agent Marina Militare [1][2]

Barrettinelli di Fuori Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Barrettinelli di Fuori) is a light situated on the granitic Barrettinelli rocks, 103 metres (338 ft) long and 62 metres (203 ft) wide, in the Maddalena archipelago at 1.35 kilometres (0.84 mi) east of Isola Santa Maria and 300 metres (980 ft) north of Isola Corcelli.

History

The first lighthouse was built by Regia Marina in 1936, during World War II went destroyed; in 1960 was built a skeletal tower 10 metres (33 ft) high and the following year was substituted by the current lighthouse in stone. The tower is 12 metres (39 ft) high and is black painted with an horizontal red band, the light is fully automated and in 1985 a photovoltaic system was mounted.[3] The lighthouse has a focal length of 375 and emits two groups white flashing in 10 seconds period visible up to 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi).

See also


References

  1. ↑ Barrettinelli di Fuori Marina Militare
  2. ↑ "Lighthouses of Italy: Northern Sardinia". unc.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
  3. ↑ "Isole secondarie | www.lamaddalena.info. Cultura e Turismo". lamaddalena.info. Retrieved 2015-11-08.

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