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Mersin Feneri (The Mersin Lighthouse) is located at the
Mediterranean coast in the city of
Mersin
Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ...
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Turkey.
Geography
Mersin lighthouse is within the Mersin urban fabric and is situated at the west of the mouth of
Efrenk River
Efrenk River (also called Suntras or Arslanlöy River in the upper reaches and Müftü River in the lower reaches) is a short river in Mersin Province, Turkey. It was originally called Efrenk River. After a mosque named Müftü Mosque was built by ...
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İsmet İnönü Boulevard is to the north of the lighthouse. It is surrounded by walking tracks
An excerpt from the page of Mersin views
/ref> and on the west there is a group of restaurants. The harbor lies to the east and the lighthouse is approximately west of harbor entrance. Since the dominant wind in Mersin area is lodos (from south west) the lighthouse provides service to the vessels approaching from the west as it is usually the case.
History
The lighthouse was built in 1865, and reconstructed in 1955. It was bought by the Republic of Turkey, and now it is operated by Directorate General of Coastal Safety ( tr, Kıyı Emniyeti Genel Müdürlüğü).
Technical details
The building is an octagonal cylindrical
A cylinder (from ) has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes. In elementary geometry, it is considered a prism with a circle as its base.
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masonry tower with lantern and gallery. Adjacent to the tower, there is a keeper's house. Its focal plane is . It flashes three times white every ten seconds. In the past the light source was kerosene and acetylene. Currently, it is lit by a halogen lamp. The range of visibility is about . Mersin lighthouse is listed in Turkey under the code "TUR-043".
See also
* List of lighthouses in Turkey
This is an incomplete list of lighthouses in Turkey. As of 2011, there were a total of 445 lighthouses and light vessels in service on Turkey's coastline, which has a total length of .
Black Sea
*Anadolu Feneri, Istanbul Province
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References
External links
Directorate General of Coastal Safety
Lighthouses completed in 1865
Lighthouses in Turkey
Buildings and structures in Mersin
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