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The Punta Almina Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Punta Almina) is a lighthouse in the Peninsula of Almina of the autonomous city of Ceuta, Spain.

Punta Almina Lighthouse
Tower


Location	Ceuta, Spain
Coordinates	35°53′54″N 05°16′50″W
Constructed	1851
Automated	1855
Height	16 metres (52 ft)

Light
Focal height	148 metres (486 ft)
Lens	second order Fresnel lens
Range	22 miles (35 km)
Characteristic	Oc (2) WRG 8s.

History

It was designed by Juan Martínez de la Villa in 1851, at a cost of 462,000 reales, which were partly borne by the Dukes of Montpensier (Infanta Luisa Fernanda and Antoine d'Orléans), promoters of the work that was inaugurated on 1 December 1855. The building is made of masonry and the white cylindrical tower. The optics is of fast turn on mercury float, of the house Henry Lepaute, that is the one that at the moment is in service. The focal height is located at 145.17 m above sea level, with a range of 22 nautical miles.[1][2][3][4]

References

"Reseña histórica del Faro de Punta de Almina" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
Faros de España. Madrid: Ed. Puertos del Estado. 2003. ISBN 84-88975-37-6.
"Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina. Libros de faros y señales de niebla" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
Sánchez Beitia, Santiago; Grzeszczyk, Marek (2017). Catálogo de faros con valor patrimonial en España (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España. pp. 270–275. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

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