Shela Range Front Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Shela Range Front Lighthouse
This 8-meter fiberglass tower, built in 2017, guides vessels into Lamu Harbour. Its cylindrical, hourglass shape is painted with red and white horizontal bands. The light emits a quick white flash. This modern structure replaced a 6-meter concrete obelisk that previously marked the harbor entrance. The site is open to the public, but the tower is closed. Shela Range Front is part of the approach range for Lamu Harbour.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is essential for the safe passage of vessels into Lamu Harbour, serving as a critical approach range light. Its quick-flashing white light guides ships through the specific channel leading to the port, preventing groundings in the shallow and potentially complex entrance.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Quick
- Light Color
- White
- Raw Code
- Q W
- Focal Height
- 9m
- Geographic Range
- 10NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 2017
Significant events: replaced a 6 m (20 ft) conical concrete obelisk
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 8m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- fiberglass
Structure: round hourglass-shaped fiberglass tower colored with red and white horizontal bands
Location
- City
- Shella ward
- Country
- 🇰🇪Kenya
- Region
- Lamu
- Sea Region
- approach range for the Lamu Harbour entrance, located on the beach at the entrance to the harbor, near the Fort at Shela Beach, Kenya
- Latitude
- -2.2970°
- Longitude
- 40.9155°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Lamu(2.0 km)
- Admiralty No.
- D6832
- NGA No.
- 31176
Nearby Ports
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