Barrettinelli di Fuori Lighthouse

Barrettinelli di Fuori
Barrettinelli di Fuori Lighthouse
Barrettinelli di Fuori
Sardinia
Barrettinelli di Fuori
Barrettinelli di Fuori (Italy)
Location Maddalena archipelago
Sardinia
Italy
Coordinates 41°18′06″N 9°24′03″E / 41.301593°N 9.400786°E / 41.301593; 9.400786Coordinates: 41°18′06″N 9°24′03″E / 41.301593°N 9.400786°E / 41.301593; 9.400786
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)
Current lens Type TD 375
Focal length: 187,5 mm
Light source solar power
Range 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)
Characteristic Fl (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.

Description

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, 12 metres (39 ft) high, is painted black with an horizontal central red band; the light is powered by a solar unit installed in 1985.[3]The lantern, which mounts a Type TD 375 optics with a Focal length of 187,5mm, is positioned at 22 metres (72 ft) above sea level and emits two white flashes in a 10 seconds period visible up to a distance of 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi). The lighthouse is completely automated and managed by the Marina Militare with the identification code number 1010 E.F.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Barrettinelli di Fuori Marina Militare
  2. ↑ "Northern Sardinia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Isole secondarie | www.lamaddalena.info. Cultura e Turismo". lamaddalena.info. Retrieved 2015-11-08.



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