Pungume Lighthouse

Pungume Lighthouse
Tanzania
Location Pungume Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Coordinates 6°26′14.4″S 39°20′27″E / 6.437333°S 39.34083°E / -6.437333; 39.34083Coordinates: 6°26′14.4″S 39°20′27″E / 6.437333°S 39.34083°E / -6.437333; 39.34083
Year first constructed 1919
Construction Stone tower
Tower shape Squared tower
Markings / pattern Black and White horizontal bands
Height 22 metres (72 ft)
Focal height 26 metres (85 ft)
Characteristic FI. 3
Admiralty number D6702
NGA number 31424[1]
ARLHS number TAN-022

The Pungume Lighthouse is located on Pungume Island at the south western tip of the Zanzibar Archipelago, in Tanzania.[2][3] The Lighthouse is a squared stone tower recently painted with black and white stripes.[4] The lighthouse is an important one as it shines into the channel where ships enter the Stone Town harbor. The lighthouse is managed and operated by the Zanzibar Ports Corporation.[5]

References

  1. Ras Kasone The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 18, 2016
  2. "GeoNames.org". www.geonames.org. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  3. "GeoNames.org". www.geonames.org. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  4. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  5. Findlay, Alexander George (1876-01-01). A Directory for the Navigation of the Indian Ocean: With Descriptions of Its Coasts, Islands, Etc., from the Cape of Good Hope to the Strait of Sunda and Western Australia : Including Also the Persian Gulf, the Winds, Monsoons, and Currents, and the Passages from Europe to Its Various Ports. Richard Holmes Laurie.
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