Chumbe Lighthouse

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Chumbe Lighthouse
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Chumbe Lighthouse
Chumbe Lighthouse
Location Chumbe Island
Zanzibar
Coordinates 6°16′48.5″S39°10′37.5″E / 6.280139°S 39.177083°E / -6.280139; 39.177083
Tower
Constructed1904
Constructionstone tower
Height34 metres (112 ft)
Shape5-stage square tower with balcony and lantern
Markingsunpainted tower, white lantern
OperatorChumbe Island Coral Park [1]
Light
Focal height37 metres (121 ft)
Lens4th order Fresnel lens
Range16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) [2]
Characteristic Fl W 11s.

The Chumbe Lighthouse (Mnara wa Taa wa Chumbe, in Swahili) is a historic lighthouse located on Chumbe Island on Malindi ward of Mjini District in the Mjini Magharibi Region of Tanzania's Zanzibar Island. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Tanzania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights . United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016. p. {{{page}}}.
  3. Rowlett, Russ (12 June 2005). "Lighthouses of Tanzania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  4. D'Entremont, Jeremy (August–September 2004). "Zanzibar's Chumbe Lighthouse Celebrates a Century of Service". Lighthouse Digest . Retrieved 8 February 2014.