Punta Lingua Lighthouse

Punta Lingua
Punta Lingua Lighthouse
Punta Lingua
Sicily
Punta Lingua
Punta Lingua (Italy)
Location Santa Marina Salina
Aeolian Islands
Sicily
Italy
Coordinates 38°32′14″N 14°52′16″E / 38.537194°N 14.871222°E / 38.537194; 14.871222Coordinates: 38°32′14″N 14°52′16″E / 38.537194°N 14.871222°E / 38.537194; 14.871222
Year first constructed 1953
Foundation concrete base
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern adjacent to the keeper's house
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern, grey metallic lantern dome
Height 11 metres (36 ft)
Focal height 13 metres (43 ft)
Current lens Type TD
Light source mains power
Range 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 3s.
Fog signal no
Admiralty number E1796
NGA number 9852
ARLHS number ITA-250
Italy number 3300 E.F.
Managing agent Marina Militare[1][2]

Punta Lingua Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Punta Lingua) is an active lighthouse located on the south eastern tip of the island of Salina, which makes part of the Aeolian Islands, in the municipality of Santa Marina Salina on the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Description

The lighthouse, built in 1953[3], over the years went into ruin and in November 2009, due to a violent storm, the balcony collapsed and the area was closed. [4] In 2011 the municipality concluded an agreement, with the Agenzia del Demanio, to obtain the management of the keeper's house, which has been restored in order to house the Museum of the Sea.[5]


The lighthouse consists of a cylindrical tower, 11 metres (36 ft) high, with balcony and lantern beside a 1-storey keeper's house. The tower, the building and the lantern are white, the lantern dome is grey metallic. The light is positioned at 13 metres (43 ft) above sea level and emits one white flash in a 3 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 3300 E.F.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lighthouses of Italy: Eastern Sicily". The Lighthouse Directory. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Punta Lingua". Marina Militare. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mappa dei fari Italini". ARI Genova. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Chiusa l'area del faro Punta Lingua". Lipari.biz. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Il faro di Lingua al Comune". Lipari.biz. Retrieved April 22, 2018.



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