Shirasu Lighthouse

Shirasu Lighthouse
白州灯台

Location	Ainoshima, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan
Coordinates	33°59′01″N 130°47′30″E / 33.98361°N 130.79167°E / 33.98361; 130.79167
Year first lit	September 1, 1873 (1873-09-01) ^[1]
Construction	Stone
Markings / pattern	Black and White Bands
Height	16.7 metres (55 ft)
Focal height	16 metres (52 ft)
Current lens	Fl. 4s
Intensity	640 Candela ^[2]
Range	8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) ^[2]
Characteristic	Fl. W 4s ^[2]
Japan number	5544

Shirasu Lighthouse (白州灯台, shirasu tōdai) is a lighthouse on the island of Ainoshima, which is administered by Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan.

References

↑ 岩松助佐衛門 (in Japanese). Kitakyūshū City. 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 白州灯台 (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation. Retrieved 1 January 2011.

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)