Kumkapı Barınak Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Kumkapı Barınak Lighthouse
Also known as: Kumkapı Barınak (Kumkapı Shelter)
This concrete, cylindrical tower stands 9 meters tall and emits a red flash every 3 seconds. Its white exterior features a single narrow red horizontal band. Located at the end of the breakwater for Kumkapı fishing harbor, it is about 1.2 kilometers southwest of the Ahırkapı lighthouse. The focal height of the light is 10 meters, with a geographic range of 10.4 nautical miles. The site is accessible to visitors, although the tower itself is closed.
Why it matters: The lighthouse provides a critical red flash to guide fishing vessels safely past the breakwater into Kumkapı harbor, supporting the local economy and community livelihoods.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- Red
- Interval
- 3s
- Raw Code
- Fl R 3s
- Focal Height
- 10m
- Geographic Range
- 10.4NM
Location
- City
- Istanbul
- Country
- 🇹🇷Turkey
- Region
- Istanbul
- Sea Region
- Located at the end of the breakwater of the Kumkapı fishing harbor, about 1.2 km southwest of the Ahırkapı lighthouse.
- Latitude
- 41.0022°
- Longitude
- 28.9674°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Istanbul(1.5 km)
- Admiralty No.
- N4903.4
- NGA No.
- 17108
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 9m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white with one narrow red horizontal band
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round cylindrical white concrete tower with one narrow red horizontal band
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Kumkapı Barınak على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Turkey، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.