Cotonou Lighthouse
Cotonou Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Cotonou, Benin. It was established in 1910. A second skeletal tower was built in 1928, and that light was moved to the water tower in 1968.[1]
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| Location | Cotonou Benin |
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| Coordinates | 6°21′06″N 2°26′28″E |
| Year first constructed | 1910 (first) 1928 (second)[1] |
| Year first lit | 1968 (current)[1] |
| Deactivated | 1928 (first) 1968 (second)[1] |
| Foundation | concrete base (current and second) |
| Construction | metal skeletal water tank tower (current) masonry tower (first) metal skeletal tower (second)[1] |
| Tower shape | square prism skeletal tower with lantern atop the water tank (current) tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (first) hexagonal tower with enclosed upper observation room, balcony and lantern (second)[1] |
| Markings / pattern | grey tower (current) white tower (first) white and red horizontal bands (second) |
| Tower height | 26 metres (85 ft) (current)[2] |
| Focal height | 31 metres (102 ft) (current) 16 metres (52 ft) (first)[1] |
| Range | 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)[2] |
| Characteristic | Fl W 5s.[2] |
| Admiralty number | D3178[2] |
| NGA number | 24952[2] |
| ARLHS number | BEN-001[1] |
See also
References
- "Benin". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- 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. 2016. p. 437.
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