Satamisaki Lighthouse

Satamisaki Lighthouse
Sata Misaki
佐多岬灯台

Satamisaki Lighthouse
Japan
Location Cape Sata
Minamiōsumi, Kagoshima
Japan
Coordinates 30°59′31.6″N 130°39′34″E / 30.992111°N 130.65944°E / 30.992111; 130.65944
Year first constructed October 18, 1871 (1871-10-18) (first)
Year first lit 1950 (current)
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape octagonal frustum tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern
Height 12.6 metres (41 ft)
Focal height 68 metres (223 ft)
Original lens Third order Fresnel
Intensity 400,000 Candela
Range main: 21.5 nautical miles (24.7 mi; 39.8 km)
reserve: 12 nautical miles (14 mi; 22 km)
Characteristic Fl (2) W 16s.[1]
Admiralty number M4836
NGA number 10912
ARLHS number JPN-539
Japan number JCG-6701[2]

Satamisaki Lighthouse (佐多岬灯台 satamisaki tōdai) is a lighthouse on Cape Sata on the Ōsumi Peninsula, in the town of Minamiōsumi, Kagoshima, Japan.

History

This lighthouse was designed by Richard Henry Brunton who was hired by the government of Japan at the beginning of the Meiji period to help construct lighthouses to make the country safe for foreign ships. It was first lit on October 18, 1871.

See also


References

  1. Sata Misaki Lighthouses of Japan (Japanese)
  2. Satamisaki Lighthouse Lighthouse Directory


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