Handa City Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Handa City Lighthouses Lighthouse
This concrete lighthouse, built in 1969, stands 8.5 meters tall and emits a green flash every 4 seconds. It is located in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, on the western side of Chita Bay. The structure consists of a white concrete post rising from a one-story equipment shelter. It marks the entrance to the upper Kinuura harbor at the end of a broad wharf district, near the Kinuura Tunnel's pedestrian entrance. The lighthouse is operational and has a geographic range of 10.2 nautical miles. Visitors can access the site, but the tower is closed to the public.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is essential for guiding vessels into the upper Kinuura harbor, a key waterway for Handa's commercial activities.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- Green
- Interval
- 4s
- Raw Code
- Fl G 4s
- Focal Height
- 9.5m
- Geographic Range
- 10.2NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1969
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 8.5m
- Tower Shape
- round
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- concrete
Structure: An 8.5m white concrete post, rising from the center of a square 1-story concrete equipment shelter.
Location
- City
- Handa
- Country
- 🇯🇵Japan
- Region
- Aichi Prefecture
- Sea Region
- Located in Handa, on the upper west side of Chita Bay, near the pedestrian entrance to the Kinuura Tunnel. It marks the entrance to the upper harbor of Kinuura, at the end of a broad wharf district.
- Latitude
- 34.8741°
- Longitude
- 136.9627°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Kinuura(1.3 km)
- Admiralty No.
- M6164
- NGA No.
- 5980
- ARLHS No.
- JPN-1698
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