Punta Imperatore Lighthouse

Punta Imperatore
Punta Imperatore Lighthouse
Punta Imperatore
Location of Punta Imperatore Lighthouse in Campania
Punta Imperatore
Punta Imperatore (Italy)
Location Forio
Campania
Italy
Coordinates 40°42′40″N 13°51′10″E / 40.711089°N 13.852810°E / 40.711089; 13.852810Coordinates: 40°42′40″N 13°51′10″E / 40.711089°N 13.852810°E / 40.711089; 13.852810
Year first constructed 1884 (first)
Year first lit 1916 (current)
Automated yes
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to the seaward 2-storey keeper's house
Markings / pattern white tower, grey metallic lantern
Height 13 metres (43 ft)
Focal height 164 metres (538 ft)
Current lens Type OR 500
Light source mains power
Range main: 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi)
reserve: 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic Fl (2) W 15s.
Admiralty number E1598
NGA number 9328
ARLHS number ITA-132
Italy number 2398 E.F.
Managing agent Marina Militare[1][2]

Punta Imperatore Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Punta Imperatore) is an active lighthouse located atop an impressive overhanging promontory in the westernmost point of Ischia, Campania on the Tyrrhenian Sea. The lighthouse serves Naples as sighting approach.

Description

The first lighthouse was built in 1884 and the current was activated in 1916; it consists of a 2-storey masonry white keeper's house with the tower, 10 feet (3.0 m) high, attached to the sea side with balcony and lantern. The lantern, painted in white and the dome in grey metallic, is positioned at 164 metres (538 ft) above sea level and emits two white flashes in a 15 seconds period, visible up to a distance of 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi). The lighthouse is completely automated and operated by the Marina Militare with the identification code number 2398 E.F.[2] The lighthouse for many years was managed by Lucia Capuano, widow of the lighthouse keeper who died in service on November 25, 1937, who succeed to get her husband's job and become a keeper herself.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Italy: Campania and Lazio". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Punta Imperatore". Marina Militare. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Il faro di Punta Imperatore". Ischia.Campania.it. Retrieved March 11, 2018.



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