Kashinozaki Lighthouse
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Location |
Kii Ōshima Kushimoto, Wakayama Japan |
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Coordinates | 33°28′17.9″N 135°51′42.5″E / 33.471639°N 135.861806°E |
Year first constructed | July 8, 1870 |
Year first lit | 1954 (rebuilt) |
Construction | concrete and stone tower |
Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings / pattern | white tower and lantern |
Height | 14.6 metres (48 ft) |
Focal height | 47 metres (154 ft) |
Original lens | Second order Fresnel |
Intensity | 530,000 Candela |
Range | 18.5 nautical miles (34.3 km; 21.3 mi)[1] |
Characteristic | Gp Fl (2) 20s. |
Admiralty number | M5998 |
NGA number | 6756 |
ARLHS number | JPN-239 |
Japan number | 2889[2] |
Kashinozaki Lighthouse (樫野埼灯台 kashinozaki tōdai) is a lighthouse on the island of Kii Ōshima, which is administered by Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan.
History
It was one of the lighthouses designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan in the Meiji period to help construct lighthouses in Japan to make it safe for foreign ships.
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