square tower with balcony and lantern rising from a 1-storey keeper's house
Markings
white tower and unpainted stone trim, red lantern
Operator
Directorate for Lighthouses (Direcção de Faróis)
Heritage
Included in the Protected Area of Sintra-Cascais (PT031111050264)
Fog signal
inactive
Racon
deactivated
Light
First lit
1772
Focal height
165 metres (541 ft)
Lens
16 Argand lamps with parabolic reflectors (original), crystal optic with a third-order Fresnel rotational beacon (current)
Intensity
3000 W
Range
26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi)
Characteristic
Fl(4) W 18s
Portugal no.
PT-186[1]
The Cabo da Roca Lighthouse (Portuguese: Farol do Cabo da Roca) is a beacon/lighthouse located 165 metres (541 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean, on Portugal's (and continental Europe's) most westerly extent.[2] It is located in the civil parish of Colares, in the municipality of Sintra, situated on a promontory made up of granite boulders and interspersed limestone. It is a third-order lighthouse, which originally began operating in 1772. It was the first new purpose-built lighthouse to be constructed in the country; the older lighthouses in existence at that time were constructed on existing platforms or from pre-existing beacons.[3]
^Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Portugal". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
^"NGA List of Lights". Maritime Safety Information. Springfield, Virginia: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^Costa, Patricia (2004). SIPA (ed.). "Farol do Cabo da Roca" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico.
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