Foça District Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Foça District Lighthouses Lighthouse
This lighthouse stands on the tip of a peninsula that shelters the west side of the harbor in Foça. First lit in 1887, the station's tower is 9 meters tall and painted white with a single narrow black horizontal band. It emits a white flash every five seconds from a focal height of 17 meters. The cylindrical, hourglass-shaped tower is constructed from fiberglass. The original keeper's house, a single-story masonry structure, has been integrated into a restaurant. The site is open to the public, though the tower itself remains closed.
Why it matters: The lighthouse serves as a navigational aid for vessels entering and departing the port of Foça. Its location near the ancient Greek city of Phocaea links modern maritime activity with historical context.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 5s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 5s
- Focal Height
- 17m
- Geographic Range
- 12.4NM
Construction & History
- First Lit
- 1887
Significant events: keeper's house incorporated into a restaurant
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 9m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white with a narrow black horizontal band
- Material
- fiberglass
Structure: round hourglass-shaped metal or fiberglass tower, painted white with a narrow black horizontal band
Location
- City
- Foça
- Country
- 🇹🇷Turkey
- Region
- Izmir
- Sea Region
- tip of a peninsula sheltering the west side of the harbor of Foça, near the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Phocaea
- Latitude
- 38.6683°
- Longitude
- 26.7448°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Foca(0.2 km)
- Admiralty No.
- N4620
- NGA No.
- 19844
- ARLHS No.
- TUR-006
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