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Location | Dunkirk, France |
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Coordinates | 51°02′56″N 2°21′52″E / 51.048879°N 2.364473°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1683 (first) |
Construction | bricks tower |
Automated | 1985 |
Height | 63 metres (207 ft) |
Shape | cylinder tower with balcony and lantern centered on 1-story building |
Markings | white tower, black balcony, brown lantern |
Heritage | classified historical monument |
Light | |
First lit | 1838 |
Focal height | 60 metres (200 ft) |
Lens | first order Fresnel lens |
Range | 26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl (2) W 10s. |
Dunkirk Lighthouse ( French: Phare de Dunkerque or Phare de Risban) is an automated first order (i.e. 60 km beam or further) port lighthouse, the highest of this type in France. [1] It is sited near Dunkirk. [2] Construction of the lighthouse was completed in 1843. [3]
... The lighthouse, at 55 m, is the highest building of its kind in France.
You can help expand this article with text translated from
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Location | Dunkirk, France |
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Coordinates | 51°02′56″N 2°21′52″E / 51.048879°N 2.364473°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1683 (first) |
Construction | bricks tower |
Automated | 1985 |
Height | 63 metres (207 ft) |
Shape | cylinder tower with balcony and lantern centered on 1-story building |
Markings | white tower, black balcony, brown lantern |
Heritage | classified historical monument |
Light | |
First lit | 1838 |
Focal height | 60 metres (200 ft) |
Lens | first order Fresnel lens |
Range | 26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl (2) W 10s. |
Dunkirk Lighthouse ( French: Phare de Dunkerque or Phare de Risban) is an automated first order (i.e. 60 km beam or further) port lighthouse, the highest of this type in France. [1] It is sited near Dunkirk. [2] Construction of the lighthouse was completed in 1843. [3]
... The lighthouse, at 55 m, is the highest building of its kind in France.