L'Adour Sémaphore Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About L'Adour Sémaphore Lighthouse
Also known as: Bayonne
This stone sémaphore, built in 1868 near Bayonne, France, stands at the mouth of the Adour River. It is a 14-meter cylindrical tower with a black vertical stripe on its seaward face. The structure features a hexagonal watch room and a two-story hexagonal base. An isophase green light operates on a 4-second cycle. The site is accessible to the public, though the tower remains closed.
Why it matters: This structure served as a critical communication and traffic management point for vessels entering and exiting the Adour River, directly serving the nearby port of Bayonne.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Isophase
- Light Color
- Green
- Interval
- 4s
- Raw Code
- Iso G 4s
- Light Range
- 10NM (18.5 km)
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1868
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 14m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white with a black vertical stripe on the seaward side
- Material
- stone
Structure: round masonry tower, with cylindrical tower supporting a hexagonal watch room centered on a 2-story hexagonal base
Location
- City
- Anglet
- Country
- 🇫🇷France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Sea Region
- mouth of the Adour River, near Bayonne, France
- Latitude
- 43.5280°
- Longitude
- -1.5214°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Bayonne(0.2 km)
- ARLHS No.
- FRA-813
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