Faro de Cabo Vilán - Camariñas, SP
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N 43° 09.573 W 009° 12.667
29T E 482836 N 4778554
The New Cabo Vilán lighthouse has an octagonal stone tower.
Waymark Code: WMN5W5
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 01/01/2015
Views: 4
"1896 (station established 1854). Active; focal plane 104 m (341 ft); two white flashes every 15 s. 25 m (82 ft) octagonal stone tower with lantern and gallery; 1st order Fresnel lens. The lighthouse is unpainted yellow-brown stone; lantern is all glass including the dome. Fog siren (Morse code "V": three short blasts followed by one long blast, every 60 s). 2-story keeper's house complex nearby. A photo is at right, Trabas has an excellent photo, Lighthouse Explorer has a good photo by José Ramón Matos Prego, a large portfolio ofphotos is available, Michel Forand has a historic postcard view, and Google has a street view and a satellite view. This is the northernmost of several historic first-order lighthouses that light the way around Cabo Finisterre, the northwestern corner of Spain. The light has a range of 45 km (28 mi). Note: the lighthouse at Gorlíz, Vizcaya, is located on another Cabo Villano. Located atop a steep promontory at the point of the cape, about 6 km (3.5 mi) northwest of Camariñas on the AC 432 highway. Site open, tower closed. "
From: Visit link
"In the year 1896, the current lighthouse substituted the old one that had worked since 1854 by steam. It was the first lighthouse in Spain to operate with electric light. From the rectangular white building, a recenlt-built covered passageway leads to the lighthouse tower, 25 metres high, raised on a rocky mass 105 metres above sea level. Its light reaches for 40 miles, one of the most powerful lighthouses on the coast. The area surrounding the lighthouse has a spectacular beauty, and the view of the lighthouse changes as travel along the coast."