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Créac'h Lighthouse

Lighthouse in Finistère, France

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Lighthouse

48°27′33″N 5°07′44″W / 48.459241°N 5.128983°W / 48.459241; -5.128983TowerConstructed1863Constructionstone towerAutomated1988

Height54.85 metres (180.0 ft)Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern rising from 2-story keeper's houseMarkingswhite and black horizontal bandsPower sourcemains electricity

OperatorService des phares et balisesHeritageclassified historical monument

LightFirst lit19 December 1863

Focal height70 metres (230 ft)Lens1st order Fresnel lensIntensity500,000,000 candela

Range37.5 nautical miles (69.5 km; 43.2 mi)CharacteristicFl (2) W 10s.

Phare du Créac'h or Kreac'h lighthouse or Créac'h lighthouse (Breton: Tour-tan ar C'hreac'h pronounced [tur.ˈtãːn ar xrɛːx]) is a lighthouse in Ushant, France.^[1] It is the most powerful in Europe and one of the most powerful in the world. It stands close to La Jument Lighthouse and the Nividic Lighthouse. It has been a listed monument since 2011.^[2]

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Kreac'h lighthouse

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of France: Northern Finistère". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
^ Base Mérimée: Phare du Créac'h, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)