Europa Point Lighthouse - Gibraltar
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Europa Point Lighthouse is located at Europa Point on the southeastern tip of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.
Waymark Code: WMKE59
Location: Gibraltar
Date Posted: 03/29/2014
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Of the three attractions of Europa Point, Europa Point Lighthouse is the one which is most often visited and most frequently commented on, in fact one of the most well known of all the attractions of Gibraltar.
The construction of the actual Lighthouse at Europa Point was begun in 1838, but the opening of the lighthouse didn’t take place for about three more years, when it opened in August of 1841.
The light house at Europa point was called Trinity Lighthouse because the Trinity House was employed to manage its maintenance.
The Trinity Lighthouse stands about 50 metres above the sea, and the light that the lighthouse on Gibraltar emits can reportedly be seen more than twenty miles, or 27 Kilometers away from its origin.
From its opening in 1841, until about 1894, the lighthouse at Europa Point was deemed sufficient, but in 1894, improvements were made to the lighthouse that increased the power of the lighthouse and its ability to assist sailors in their navigation, changing out the single wicking and mirrors, to a burner that included eight different wicks, and a much improved lantern.
There was also a fog horn installed that would provide the ships with two short harsh blasts. In 1956, the Europa Point Lighthouse again had some positive changes to its lighting and its surface, with the installation of the more modern methods of lighting. With these additions, the lighthouse at Europa Point became more electrical in nature, and additionally the advances permitted full revolutions and had far more power and visibility than the lighthouse could previously manage.
The cylindrical tower is painted white, with a wide red horizontal band in the middle. The lighthouse has a height of 20 metres (66 ft) and is 49 metres (161 ft) above the high-water mark, and has a white light that occults every ten seconds. The Gibraltar Amateur Radio Society operates from the lighthouse during the third weekend of August each year.
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