Hizen Hira Se Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Hizen Hira Se Lighthouse
Also known as: Hisen
The Hizen (Hisen) Hira Se lighthouse, built in 1991, is a cylindrical concrete tower standing 17 meters tall. It is painted black with a single red horizontal band, featuring a round barbell shape. The light emits a white flash every 5 seconds, with a focal height of 19 meters, providing a geographic range of 12.9 nautical miles. The site is open to the public, but the tower itself is closed. It is located near Nagasaki, Japan, approximately 5.4 kilometers from the nearest port.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is important for marking the Hira Se reef, a navigational hazard in the waters off Nagasaki Prefecture. Its distinctive structure and light characteristic aid vessels in maintaining safe passage.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 5s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 5s
- Focal Height
- 19m
- Geographic Range
- 12.9NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1991
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 17m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- black with one red horizontal band
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round barbell-shaped concrete tower, painted black with one red horizontal band
Location
- City
- Nagasaki
- Country
- 🇯🇵Japan
- Region
- Nagasaki Prefecture
- Latitude
- 32.7843°
- Longitude
- 129.7533°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Nagasaki(5.4 km)
- Admiralty No.
- M5200
- NGA No.
- 11826
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