Capul Island Lighthouse

Capul Island Lighthouse
Location Capul, Northern Samar, Philippines
Coordinates 12°28′53.39″N 124°8′29.89″E / 12.4814972°N 124.1416361°E / 12.4814972; 124.1416361
Year first constructed 1896
Year first lit 1896
Tower shape Truncated conical tower, dwelling at the base of tower
Markings / pattern Tower is white with red markings, upper part and lantern white
Height 49 ft (14.9 m)
Focal height 142 ft (43.3 m)
Original lens Third-order Fresnel
Current lens n/a
Range 18 miles (29 Km)
Fog signal none
Admiralty number F2492
NGA number 14152
ARLHS number PHI-045

Capul Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Titoog Point in San Luis on the northern tip of Capul Island, Northern Samar in the Philippines.[1] It marks the western entrance to the San Bernardino Strait coming in from Ticao Pass.

Construction on the lighthouse was started on October 1893 and it was first lit on December 1896 while the station was still partially complete. Work was suspended a month before on November 1896 on the onset of the Philippine Revolution.[2]

The Capul Island Lighthouse together with the Batag Island Lighthouse were declared provincial historical landmarks by the province of Northern Samar in October 2008.[3]

USS Essex as it passes Capul Island Lighthouse in November 2006

See also

References

  1. ↑ Department of Commerce, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, "United States Coast Pilot, Part 1", p. 203. Washington Government Printing Office, 1919.
  2. ↑ Algunos Padres de la Mision de la Compañia de Jesus en Estas Islas (Filipinas), "El Archipiélago Filipino, Collecion de Datos", p. 527. Washington: Imprenta del Gobierno,1900.
  3. ↑ PIA Daily News Reader

External links

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Coordinates: 12°28′53.39″N 124°8′29.89″E / 12.4814972°N 124.1416361°E / 12.4814972; 124.1416361


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