Mutsurejima Lighthouse

Mutsurejima Lighthouse
六連島灯台

Mutsurejima Lighthouse
Location	Mutsurejima, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Coordinates	33°58′41″N 130°52′4.5″E / 33.97806°N 130.867917°E / 33.97806; 130.867917
Year first constructed	1872
Year first lit	1872 (1872)
Construction	Granite
Markings / pattern	White
Height	10.6 metres (35 ft)
Focal height	27.9 metres (92 ft)
Range	15.5 nautical miles (28.7 km; 17.8 mi)
Characteristic	Fl. W10s
Japan number	5537[F5334]

Mutsurejima Lighthouse (六連島灯台, mutsurejima tōdai) is a lighthouse on the island of Mutsurejima, which is administered by Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan.

History

The lighthouse was first lit in 1872, and was designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan at the beginning of the Meiji period to help construct lighthouses to make it safe for foreign ships.

Notes

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)