Kernével Feu Postérieur Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Kernével Feu Postérieur Lighthouse
The Kernével Feu Postérieur, a square concrete tower built in 1960, stands 16 meters tall. It serves as the rear light for a downstream range, guiding ships outbound from Lorient's Rade de Pen-Mané harbor. This light is attached to the front corner of a 1 1/2-story keeper's house. The tower is white with a red square daymark at the top and emits a quick-flashing red light. The original lighthouse on this site was destroyed in 1944, with a temporary light established in 1950 before the current structure was completed. Visitors can access the site, but the tower itself is closed.
Why it matters: As the rear range light, it provides critical alignment for vessels departing the Rade de Pen-Mané, Lorient's main harbor.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Quick
- Light Color
- Red
- Raw Code
- Q R
- Focal Height
- 18m
- Geographic Range
- 12.7NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1960
Significant events: Original lighthouse destroyed 1944, temporary light erected 1950
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 16m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- white with a square red daymark at the top
- Material
- concrete
Structure: square concrete tower with square concrete lantern room, attached to the front corner of a 1 1/2-story keeper's house
Location
- City
- Lorient
- Country
- 🇫🇷France
- Region
- Brittany
- Sea Region
- rear light of a downstream range that guides ships outbound from the Rade de Pen-Mané, the main harbor of Lorient, located on the Rue du Petite Phare in Kernéval
- Latitude
- 47.7330°
- Longitude
- -3.3849°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Locmiquelic(1.5 km)
- ARLHS No.
- FRA-327
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