Scoglio d'Africa Lighthouse ( it, Faro di Scoglio d'Africa) is an active
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
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located on a solitary skerry,
Scoglio d'Africa
The Scoglio d'Africa (or Scoglio d'Affrica) also named Formica di Monte Cristo ("Monte Cristo's Ant"), is a solitary small skerry belonging to the Tuscan Archipelago located in open sea between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Corsica Channel. It is ...
, in open
Tyrrhenian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian pe ...
halfway
Montecristo
Montecristo, also Monte Cristo (, ) and formerly Oglasa ( grc, Ὠγλάσσα, Ōglássa), is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea and part of the Tuscan Archipelago. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Portoferraio in the province o ...
and
Pianosa
Pianosa () is an island in the Tuscan Archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy. It is about in area, with a coastal perimeter of .
Geography
In Roman times the island was named ''Planasia'' (plain) because of its flatness – its highest poin ...
.
Description
The lighthouse built, in 1867, on a platform has a conical base, in order to resist the waves, surmounted by a cylindrical tower in white stone with balcony and lantern high. The lighthouse is powered by a
solar unit, the
focal plane
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is at
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
and the lantern emits a
single white flash every 5 seconds visible up to . The light is operated by the Lighthouses Service of
Marina Militare
"Fatherland and Honour"
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identified by the code number 2096 E.F.
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See also
*List of lighthouses in Italy
The following is a list of active lighthouses in Italy, sorted by region.
Abruzzo
This is a list of lighthouses in Abruzzo.
Apulia
This is a list of lighthouses in Apulia.
Calabria
This is a list of lighthouses in Calabria.
Campania
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References
External links
Servizio Fari Marina Militare
Gallery of the lighthouse
Lighthouses in Italy
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