Cape Finisterre Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Cape Finisterre Lighthouse
Cabo Fisterra

Cape Finisterre Lighthouse

Location| Cape Finisterre
Galicia
Spain
Coordinates| 42°52′57″N 9°16′19″W﻿ / ﻿42.882362°N 9.271849°W﻿ / 42.882362; -9.271849
Tower
Constructed| 1853
Construction| granite tower
Height| 17 metres (56 ft)
Shape| octagonal tower with balcony and lantern attached to keeper's house
Markings| unpainted tower, silver lantern
Power source| mains electricity
Operator| Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña[1]
Racon| O
Light
Focal height| 143 metres (469 ft)
Range| 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)
Characteristic| Fl W 5s.
Spain no.| ES-03900

The Cape Finisterre Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Cabo Finisterre) is an active lighthouse on Cape Finisterre, in the Province of A Coruña, on the northwestern coast of Galicia in Spain.[2][3]

## See also

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* Spain portal
* Engineering portal

* List of lighthouses in Spain
* The Lighthouse Way [gl]

## References

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1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Spain: Western Galicia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Spain: Western Galicia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
3. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2013. p. 45.

## External links

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* Media related to Faro de Cabo Fisterra at Wikimedia Commons
* Comisión de faros Archived 2016-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
* Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña

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* Admiralty
* D1742
* ARLHS
* MarineTraffic
* NGA
* OLL

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