İstanbul Province: Southwest İstanbul Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About İstanbul Province: Southwest İstanbul Lighthouses Lighthouse
This cylindrical stone tower, standing 26 meters tall, was built in 1857 on Ahırkapı Burnu. It features a white finish with a single narrow black horizontal band and is topped with a lantern and gallery. The lighthouse is attached to a one-story stone keeper's house. Its light emits a white flash every 6 seconds, visible for over 16 nautical miles. The site is open to the public, though the tower itself remains closed. This light station's history traces back to 1755, when Sultan Osman III ordered its construction following a shipwreck rescue.
Why it matters: The lighthouse marks the Ahırkapı Burnu, guiding vessels at the entrance to the Bosporus from the Sea of Marmara, a historically significant and busy waterway.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 6s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 6s
- Focal Height
- 36m
- Geographic Range
- 16.4NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1857
Significant events: Sultan Osman III ordered a lighthouse built here in 1755 after witnessing the rescue of seamen from a wrecked galleon
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 26m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white with one narrow black horizontal band
- Material
- stone
Structure: round stone tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a 1-story stone keeper's house
Location
- City
- Istanbul
- Country
- 🇹🇷Turkey
- Region
- Istanbul
- Sea Region
- west side of the entrance to the Bosporus from the Sea of Marmara, on the land side of the waterfront boulevard, the Kennedy Caddesi, on Ahırkapı Burnu
- Latitude
- 41.0060°
- Longitude
- 28.9854°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Istanbul(1.0 km)
- Admiralty No.
- N4903
- ARLHS No.
- TUR-056
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