İnce Burnu Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About İnce Burnu Lighthouse
The İnce Burnu Lighthouse is a 10-meter-high, white, cylindrical concrete tower with a gallery. Its light is positioned 32 meters above sea level. Constructed and first illuminated in 1953, the light characteristic is a white flash every 10 seconds (Fl W 10s), detectable for a distance of 15.7 nautical miles. This structure is located on the northwest side of the Dardanelles entrance, about 15 kilometers southwest of Şarköy.
Why it matters: This lighthouse marks the İnce Burnu cape, a hazard at the Dardanelles entrance, providing navigation aid for vessels transiting the waterway that links the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 3 flashes
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 10s
- Focal Height
- 32m
- Geographic Range
- 15.7NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1953
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Icdas(8.7 km)
- Admiralty No.
- N4880
- NGA No.
- 17056
- ARLHS No.
- TUR-027
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 10m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, painted white
Location
- City
- Şarköy
- Country
- 🇹🇷Turkey
- Region
- Tekirdağ
- Sea Region
- on a prominent cape on the northwest side of the Dardanelles entrance about 15 km (9 mi) southwest of Sarköy
- Latitude
- 40.5565°
- Longitude
- 26.9956°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة İnce Burnu على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Turkey، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.