Capo San Marco Lighthouse

Capo San Marco Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo San Marco) is an active lighthouse located on Capo San Marco promontory, on the tip of Sinis peninsula overlooking the ruins below of Tharros. The structure is in the municipality of Cabras, in the west of the island on the Sea of Sardinia.

Capo San Marco
Capo San Marco Lighthouse
Capo San Marco
Sardinia
Capo San Marco
Capo San Marco (Italy)
LocationCapo San Marco
Cabras
Sardinia
Italy
Coordinates39°51′36″N 8°26′04″E
Year first constructed1924
Automatedyes
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionmasonry tower
Tower shapequadrangular tower with double balcony and lantern
Markings / patternochre tower and lantern with white trim, grey metallic lantern dome
Tower height15 metres (49 ft)
Focal height57 metres (187 ft)
Current lensType ORD 4
Light sourcemains power
Intensitymain: AL 1000 W
reserve: LABI 100 W
Rangemains: 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi)
reserve: 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
CharacteristicFl (2) W 10s.
Fog signalno
Admiralty numberE1108
NGA number8320
ARLHS numberSAR-017
Italy number1390 E.F.
Managing agentMarina Militare[1][2]

Description

The lighthouse was built in 1924 and consists of a masonry ochre quadrangular tower, 15 metres (49 ft) high, with double balcony and lantern atop a 2-storey keeper's house. The lantern, which mounts an optics of Type ORD 4, is painted in ochre and the dome in grey metallic; it is positioned at 57 metres (187 ft) above sea level and emits two white flashes in a 10 seconds period visible up to a distance of 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi). The lighthouse is completely automated and managed by the Marina Militare with the identification code number 1390 E.F.[2]

The lighthouse, since 1969, was managed by Elisabetta Deriu widow of the lighthouse keeper who died in service in 1967; she succeed to get her husband's job and she became the first female keeper in Italy after attending the professional training course in La Spezia.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Lighthouses of Italy: Southern Sardinia". The Lighthouse Directory. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  2. "Capo San Marco". Marina Militare. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  3. "In quel faro gli anni più belli". La Nuova Sardegna. Retrieved March 19, 2018.


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