Chumbe Lighthouse

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
Constructed	1904
Construction	stone tower
Height	34 metres (112 ft)
Shape	5-stage square tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	unpainted tower, white lantern
Operator	Chumbe Island Coral Park [1]
Light
Focal height	37 metres (121 ft)
Lens	4th order Fresnel lens
Range	16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) [2]
Characteristic	Fl W 11s.

The Chumbe Lighthouse (Swahili : Mnara wa Taa wa Chumbe) 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]}

Until 2013 it burned acetylene to produce the light, a process that since 1926 had been automated with use of a sun valve. The lighthouse now uses a solar-powered (photovoltaic) system.

See also

• Tanzania portal

• Engineering portal

• List of lighthouses in Tanzania

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. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

External links

• Tanzania Ports Authority