Makatumbe Range Rear Lighthouse

Makatumbe Range Rear
Makatumbe Range Rear Lighthouse
Tanzania
Location Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Coordinates 6°47′27.1″S 39°20′13.9″E / 6.790861°S 39.337194°E / -6.790861; 39.337194Coordinates: 6°47′27.1″S 39°20′13.9″E / 6.790861°S 39.337194°E / -6.790861; 39.337194
Year first constructed 1894
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern black and white horizontal bands
Height 29 metres (95 ft)
Focal height 29 metres (95 ft)
Range 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1]
Characteristic Fl (3) W 20s.
Admiralty number D6672
NGA number 31432[2]
ARLHS number TAN-004
Managing agent Tanzania Ports Authority

The Makatumbe Range Rear Lighthouse (also known as Dar es Salaam Bay Range Rear or Outer Makatumbe lighthouse) is located on the island of Outer Makatumbe close to the coast of Dar es salaam, Tanzania. The lighthouse assists ships waiting in the strait that are about to enter the Kivukoni channel.[3][4]

The lighthouse structure is similar to that of Ras Mkumbi Lighthouse and is a square masonry tower with a red lantern and gallery. The lighthouse structure was refurbished between 1997 and 1999 in a project that saw the overhaul of Port of Dar es Salaam infrastructure.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2017
  2. ↑ Tanzania The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 18, 2016
  3. ↑ info@lhdigest.com, Lighthouse webmaster - Geoffrey Baker -. "Foghorn Publishing ... Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Outer Makatumbe Light". www.lighthousedigest.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  4. ↑ Pub. 112 List of Lights. Government Printing Office.
  5. ↑ "Tukumbuke Zamani: Historia Ya Taifa Letu Katika Picha". JamiiForums | The Home of Great Thinkers. Retrieved 2016-10-08.



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