Eluanbi Lighthouse

Eluanbi Lighthouse
Eluanbi Lighthouse
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鵝鑾鼻燈塔
Simplified Chinese	鹅銮鼻灯塔
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Éluánbí Dēngtǎ
Wade–Giles	O-luan-pi Têng-t’a
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Gô-lôan-phīⁿ Teng-thah

Eluanbi Lighthouse
鵝鑾鼻燈塔
Location	Eluanbi Village ; Hengchun ; Pingtung County ; Taiwan
Coordinates	21°54′08″N120°51′09″E / 21.902282°N 120.852622°E
Tower
Constructed	1883
Foundation	concrete and granite
Construction	cast iron tower
Height	21.4 m (70 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern on one-story keeper's house and visitor building
Markings	white tower, black lantern dome
Operator	Maritime and Port Bureau
Light
Focal height	56.4 m (185 ft)
Lens	Fourth order fresnel
Intensity	1,800,000 candela
Range	27.2 nmi (50.4 km; 31.3 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 10s.

Last updated August 14, 2023

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External links

Eluanbi Lighthouse-Directorate General of Customs(Taiwan) Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine (in English and Chinese)

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[FOOTNOTEMPB2019-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MPB (2019).

[FOOTNOTERowlett2007-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rowlett (2007).

[esky-3] 1 2 Eskildsen (2019) , p. 38.

[FOOTNOTEWang_&_al.2016-4] 1 2 3 4 Wang & al. (2016).

[af-5] 1 2 3 Alsford (2018) , pp. 67–8

[Harding-6] Harding, John Reginald (1901). "A brief description of the erection of a first order light-house on the South Cape of Formosa". Transactions of the Shanghai Society of Engineers and Architects. Reed Digital Collections: 49–74. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

[kuas-7] 1 2 3 4 5 鹅銮鼻灯塔, WSHNT, KUAS. (in Chinese)

[dud-8] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Dudbridge (1999) , pp. 12–13.

[FOOTNOTEDudbridge19993-9] Dudbridge (1999), p. 3.

[FOOTNOTEKeller-10] 1 2 3 4 Keller.

[FOOTNOTEKNP2019-11] KNP (2019).

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Tower


Location	Eluanbi Village Hengchun Pingtung County Taiwan
Coordinates	21°54′08″N120°51′09″E / 21.902282°N 120.852622°E / 21.902282; 120.852622
Constructed	1883^[1]
Foundation	concrete and granite
Construction	cast iron tower^[2]
Height	21.4 m (70 ft)^[1]
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern on one-story keeper's house and visitor building^[2]
Markings	white tower, black lantern dome^[2]
Operator	Maritime and Port Bureau ^[1]

Light
Focal height	56.4 m (185 ft)^[1]
Lens	Fourth order fresnel
Intensity	1,800,000 candela
Range	27.2 nmi (50.4 km; 31.3 mi)^[1]
Characteristic	Fl W 10s.^[2]