Satamisaki Lighthouse

Satamisaki Lighthouse
佐多岬灯台

Satamisaki Lighthouse
Location	Minamiōsumi, Kagoshima, Japan
Coordinates	30°59′32″N 130°39′34″E / 30.99222°N 130.65944°E / 30.99222; 130.65944
Year first constructed	1871
Year first lit	October 18, 1871 (1871-10-18)
Construction	Concrete
Markings / pattern	White
Height	12.6 metres (41 ft)
Focal height	68 metres (223 ft)
Original lens	Third order Fresnel
Intensity	400,000 Candela
Range	21.5 nautical miles (24.7 mi; 39.8 km)
Characteristic	Gp. Fl. W 16s
Japan number	6701 [F4836]

Satamisaki Lighthouse (佐多岬灯台, satamisaki tōdai) is a lighthouse on Cape Sata on the Ōsumi Peninsula, in the town of Minamiōsumi, Kagoshima, Japan.

History

This lighthouse 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 the country safe for foreign ships. It was first lit on October 18, 1871 (1871-10-18).

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)