Oyster Bay Range Front Lighthouse
Q W🇹🇿Tanzania, TZOperational
Location & Light Range
About Oyster Bay Range Front Lighthouse
This lighthouse stands 20 meters above the water. Its light is white and flashes quickly. The tower is painted white with a single red and white stripe facing the sea. A one-story equipment room is attached to the base of the cylindrical tower. It is operational and visible for 12 nautical miles.
Why it matters: This light, along with the Oyster Bay Rear Range Lighthouse, guides vessels away from the cliffs of the Msasani peninsula.
Background
The Oyster Bay Range Front Lighthouse is located on the coast of Dar es salaam, Tanzania in Oyster Bay. The lighthouse works in conjunction with the Oyster Bay Rear Range Lighthouse to warn ships away from the cliffs at the Msasani peninsula.
The tower is a white cylindrical tower with one red white strip facing the ocean. The lighthouse has a small 1 story equipment room adjacent to the tower.Light & Optic
Characteristic Signature
Q W
- Flash Type
- Quick
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 1 flash
- Raw Code
- Q.W.
- Focal Height
- 20m
- Geographic Range
- 12NM
References & Identifiers
- Admiralty No.
- D6674
- NGA No.
- 31436
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia →
- Wikidata
- Q28332493 →
Location
- City
- Tanzania
- Country
- 🇹🇿TZ
- Latitude
- -6.7827°
- Longitude
- 39.2867°
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