Shionomisaki Lighthouse

Shionomisaki Lighthouse
潮岬灯台

Shionomisaki Lighthouse

Location	Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan
Coordinates
Year first lit	September 15, 1873 (1873-09-15)
Construction	Stone
Markings / pattern	White
Height	22.51 metres (73.9 ft)
Focal height	49.47 metres (162.3 ft)
Intensity	970,000 Candela
Range	19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi)
Characteristic	Fl. W 15s
Japan number	2902 [F5994]

Shionomisaki Lighthouse (潮岬灯台, shinomisaki tōdai^?) is a lighthouse on Cape Shiono in Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan.

History

The lighthouse was designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan during the Meiji period to help construct lighthouses to make Japan safe for foreign ships. It was first lit on September 15, 1873; 138 years ago (1873-09-15).

Lighthouses of Japan

Early Meiji lighthouses (Léonce Verny)	Kannonzaki Lighthouse (1869) • Nojimazaki Lighthouse (1869)• Shinagawa Lighthouse (1870) • Jōgashima Lighthouse (1870)

Later Meiji lighthouses (“Brunton’s Children”)	Kashinozaki Lighthouse (1870) • Tsurugisaki Lighthouse (1871) • Esaki Lighthouse (1871) • Hesaki Lighthouse (1871) • Mikomotoshima Lighthouse (1871) • Irōzaki Lighthouse (1871) • Iojimazaki Lighthouse (1871) • Satamisaki Lighthouse (1871) • Nosappumisaki Lighthouse (1872) • Tomogashima Lighthouse (1872) • Mutsurejima Lighthouse (1872) • Shirasu Lighthouse (1873) • Sugashima Lighthouse (1873) • Anorisaki Lighthouse (1873) • Tsurushima Lighthouse (1873) • Shionomisaki Lighthouse (1873) • Inubōsaki Lighthouse (1874) • Omaezaki Lighthouse (1874) • Eboshijima Lighthouse (1875) • Shiriyazaki Lighthouse (1876) • Kinkasan Lighthouse (1876) • Tsunoshima Lighthouse (1876) •

Taisho period lighthouses	Sunosaki Lighthouse (1919) • Nomazaki Lighthouse (1921)

Modern lighthouses	Yokohama Marine Tower (1961)

Shionomisaki Lighthouse

History

See also