Chumbe Lighthouse

Lighthouse

6°16′48.5″S 39°10′37.5″E / 6.280139°S 39.177083°E / -6.280139; 39.177083TowerConstructed1904Constructionstone towerHeight34 metres (112 ft)Shape5-stage square tower with balcony and lanternMarkingsunpainted tower, white lanternOperatorChumbe Island Coral Park^[2]LightFocal height37 metres (121 ft)Lens4th order Fresnel lensRange16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)^[1]CharacteristicFl 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]

References

^ 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}}}.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Tanzania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
^ Rowlett, Russ (12 June 2005). "Lighthouses of Tanzania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
^ D'Entremont, Jeremy (August–September 2004). "Zanzibar's Chumbe Lighthouse Celebrates a Century of Service". Lighthouse Digest. Retrieved 8 February 2014.