Europa Point Lighthouse - Gibraltar
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N 36° 06.630 W 005° 20.705
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Europa Point Lighthouse also referred to as the Trinity Lighthouse at Europa Point, Gibraltar.
Waymark Code: WM18EZ5
Location: Gibraltar
Date Posted: 07/21/2023
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Europa Point Lighthouse is located at Europa Point, at the south-east end of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It was built by Governor Sir Alexander George Woodford and first lit in August 1841. It is the only such building outside the British Isles that is operated by Trinity House, an England-based lighthouse agency.
From Wikipedia: "Europa Lighthouse was inaugurated on 1 August 1841 in a brief ceremony witnessed by about 10,000 people. The first upgrade of the lighthouse occurred in 1864, when the single-wick lamp was replaced with a Chance Brothers four-wick burner, with further changes in 1875 and in 1894 when the amount of light emitted was increased. A three incandescent mantle burner was added in 1905. Following further modernisation in the 20th century, the lighthouse was fully automated in 1994 and converted to LED operation in 2016.
Europa Point Lighthouse is operated by Trinity House. The cylindrical tower is painted white, with a wide red horizontal band in the middle. The lighthouse has a height of 20 metres (66 ft) and is 49 metres (161 ft) above the high-water mark.
Soon after World War II, amateur radio, also called ham radio, made its appearance in Gibraltar. The Gibraltar Amateur Radio Society, with its headquarters on Coaling Island, operates from the lighthouse once annually, during the third weekend of August. The annual International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend aims to bring the Europa Point Lighthouse to the air, using the call sign, ZB2LGT. The Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLHS) number for the lighthouse is GIB-001." (
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