Akrotíri Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Akrotíri Lighthouse
The Akrotíri lighthouse was built in 1892 and first lit in the same year. The structure is a cylindrical stone tower, 10 meters high, with a lantern and gallery, attached to a one-story stone keeper's house. Its white tower features unpainted stone trim. The light emits one white flash every 10 seconds, visible for nearly 25 nautical miles. The lighthouse was automated in 1988. The site is open to the public, but the tower is closed.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is significant for its late 19th-century engineering and its role in guiding vessels through the Aegean Sea near the southwestern approaches to Thíra.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 10s
- Focal Height
- 100m
- Geographic Range
- 24.9NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1892
Significant events: automated in 1988
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 10m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white with unpainted stone trim
- Material
- stone
Structure: square cylindrical stone tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a 1-story stone keeper's house
Location
- City
- Thira Municipal Unit
- Country
- 🇬🇷Greece
- Region
- South Aegean
- Sea Region
- Aegean Sea, on Ákra Akrotíri, the southwestern tip of Thíra
- Latitude
- 36.3576°
- Longitude
- 25.3569°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Thira(4.7 km)
- ARLHS No.
- GRE-039
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