Tsurushima Lighthouse

Tsurishima Lighthouse
釣島灯台

Location	Tsurushima, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Coordinates	33°53′34.82″N 132°38′19.48″E / 33.8930056°N 132.6387444°E / 33.8930056; 132.6387444
Year first lit	June 15, 1873 (1873-06-15)
Construction	Stone
Markings / pattern	White
Height	10.3 metres (34 ft)
Focal height	58.2 metres (191 ft)
Intensity	310,000 Candela (White) 120,000 Candela (Red)
Range	20.5 nautical miles (38.0 km; 23.6 mi)
Characteristic	Al. Fl. W R 16s[1]
Admiralty number	M5436
NGA number	9128
ARLHS number	JPN-696[2]
Japan number	4901 [F5436]

Tsurishima Lighthouse (釣島灯台, tsurushima tōdai) is a lighthouse on the island of Tsurushima, which is administered by Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.

History

This lighthouse was one of those designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who worked for the government of Japan in the Meiji period to help them construct lighthouses to allow foreign ships to come to Japan safely. It was first lit on June 15, 1873.

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)