Geunheung Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Geunheung Lighthouse
This concrete lighthouse stands 20 meters tall, with its light positioned 14 meters above the water. The tower is cylindrical and painted black with a single red horizontal band. It is mounted on a round concrete pier and emits a white flash every 15 seconds, visible for 11.6 nautical miles. The site is open to the public, but the tower itself is closed. Geunheung Lighthouse is located about 15 kilometers from Taean-gun, a nearby port.
Why it matters: The lighthouse warns vessels of a reef situated approximately 5 kilometers southwest of the Chaeseokpo light.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 6 flashes
- Interval
- 15s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 15s
- Focal Height
- 14m
- Geographic Range
- 11.6NM
Location
- Country
- 🇰🇷South Korea
- Region
- South Chungcheong
- Sea Region
- reef about 5 km southwest of the Chaeseokpo light
- Latitude
- 36.6699°
- Longitude
- 126.1932°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Taean-gun(15.0 km)
- Admiralty No.
- M4184.05.
- NGA No.
- 17841
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 20m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- black with one red horizontal band
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round cylindrical concrete tower mounted on a round concrete pier
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Geunheung على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب South Korea، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.