Fanjove Island Lighthouse
🇹🇿Tanzania, TZInactive
Location & Light Range
About Fanjove Island Lighthouse
The Fanjove Island lighthouse, established in 1894, was completed and first lit in 1924. It features a 17-meter square tower painted white, with a lantern and gallery. The tower rises from the center of a single-story keeper's house. The light characteristic is a white flash every 10 seconds, with a focal plane approximately 13 meters above sea level. The station was reactivated after a period of inactivity sometime between 2015 and 2018.
Light & Optic
- Flash Count
- 1 flash
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1924
References & Identifiers
- Admiralty No.
- D6659
- ARLHS No.
- TAN-015
Tower & Structure
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- white
Location
- City
- Tanzania
- Country
- 🇹🇿TZ
- Latitude
- -8.5728°
- Longitude
- 39.5664°
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