Banana Island Lighthouse

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Banana Island Lighthouse
Rumah Api Pulau Pisang
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Banana Island Lighthouse
Location Banana Island, Johor, Malaysia
Coordinates 1°28′10″N103°15′21″E / 1.46944°N 103.25583°E / 1.46944; 103.25583 Coordinates: 1°28′10″N103°15′21″E / 1.46944°N 103.25583°E / 1.46944; 103.25583
Year first constructed1914
Constructioncast iron tower
Tower shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / patternwhite tower and lantern
Tower height16 metres (52 ft) [1]
Focal height150 metres (490 ft) (focal plane) [1]
Original lens1st order Fresnel lens
Current lens4th order Fresnel lens
Characteristic Fl W 10s. [1]
Admiralty numberF1668 [1]
NGA number21692 [1]
ARLHS numberWMA-010 [1]

The Banana Island Lighthouse (Malay : Rumah Api Pulau Pisang) is a lighthouse located on the highest point of Banana, an island in the Strait of Malacca 15 kilometres from Pontian Kechil, Johor, Malaysia. [2]

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Built in 1914, the lighthouse was constructed as a white 16 metre (52 feet) high [1] circular cast iron tower with one support structure and a single storey keeper's house at the base, [1] remaining functional as an aid for maritime navigation into the western entrance of the Singapore Strait, as of 2008. [2] Due to its isolated location, the lighthouse is only reachable via boat and an access road. [1]

While located within the borders of Malaysia, the lighthouse is operated by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, the result of an agreement signed in 1900 whereby Sultan Ibrahim of Johor granted the British government of Singapore (part of the Straits Settlements), rights in perpetuity to the plot of land on which the lighthouse stands and to the roadway leading to it, so long as the Straits Settlements operated the lighthouse. [2] The lighthouse's status has thus been contentious in recent years due to access of Singaporean workers to the lighthouse. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of West Malaysia South Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Pulau Pisang Lighthouse". Lighthouse Explorer Database. Foghorn Publishing. Retrieved 30 January 2021.