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Cape Ortegal Lighthouse

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Cape Ortegal Lighthouse
Faro de Cabo Ortegal
Cape Ortegal Lighthouse
Map
LocationCape Ortegal, Cariño, Spain Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates43°46′16″N 7°52′10″W / 43.77098°N 7.8695°W / 43.77098; -7.8695
Tower
Constructed1984 Edit this on Wikidata
Constructionconcrete Edit this on Wikidata
Height10 m (33 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapecylinder Edit this on Wikidata
Markingswhite (tower), red (stripe), white (balcony) Edit this on Wikidata
Power sourcesolar power Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorPort Authority of Ferrol-San Cibrao Edit this on Wikidata
Light
Focal height124 m (407 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Range18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicOc W 8s Edit this on Wikidata
Spain no.03160

Cape Ortegal Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Cabo Ortegal, Galician: Faro do cabo Ortegal) is a lighthouse in the Province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It was planned and approved in 1982 and completed in 1984. It consists of a white cylindrical concrete tower 3 metres (9.8 ft) in diameter and 12.7 metres (42 ft) tall with a red stripe and two balconies 4.7 metres (15 ft) in diameter.[1]

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  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Spain: Northern Galicia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-03-31.