Farol da Ponta Norte

Ponta do Norte Lighthouse
Cape Verde
Location Ponta do Norte
Cape Verde
Coordinates 16°51′5.2″N 22°54′54.3″W / 16.851444°N 22.915083°W / 16.851444; -22.915083Coordinates: 16°51′5.2″N 22°54′54.3″W / 16.851444°N 22.915083°W / 16.851444; -22.915083
Year first constructed 1897 (first)
~1940 (second, now in ruins)
Year first lit n/a (current)
Deactivated ~1940 (first)
~1960 (second)
Foundation concrete base
Construction metal skeletal tower (current)
masonry tower (second)
Tower shape square prism skeletal tower (current)
cylindrical tower (second)
Markings / pattern white tower (second)
Height 4.8 metres (16 ft) (current)
10.9 metres (36 ft) (second) [1]
Focal height 16 metres (52 ft) (current) [1]
Light source solar power
Range 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)[1]
Characteristic Fl (3) W 12s.[1]
Admiralty number D2919.75
NGA number 24147
Cape Verde number PT-2070[2]

Farol de Ponta Norte (the Ponta Norte Lighthouse, Portuguese: literally North Point Lighthouse or the North Point of Sal), also as farol de Reguinho Fiúra is a lighthouse in the northernmost point of the island of Sal in northeastern Cape Verde, it is located near the area of Ponta do Norte, Reguinho Fiúra and are linked with only dirt roads. The northernmost area of the island remains unpopulated. Several small portions of areas have recently partly been mined for salt and other materials.

History

The original lighthouse was first constructed in 1897 with a tower made out of iron, it was 13 meters high with an attached section in the viewing part.[3]

A new lighthouse was constructed in early 1941,[4] today they are in ruins, it consisted a white cylindrical tower made out of parallelepipedic volume of 4x4 meters, both done by masonry, its height was 11 meters.[3] It was built using a patented "MURUS material system" by author of the engineer of the Portuguese inventor Raul Pires Ferreira Chaves.[5]

The today's lighthouse has a modern steel column 5 meters in height.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cape Verde". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Ponta Norte (Reguinho Fiúra)". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Lighthouse Directory. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  4. ↑ “Notícias de Cabo Verde” March 25, 1941 (p. 2)
  5. ↑ Act of Session on the Art Council of Public Works in the Colony of Cape Verde, 28 December 1938

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