The Île Tamara Lighthouse is a

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

. It was constructed on Île Tamara, outermost of the Îles de Los, in 1906, and has been active since that time. It serves as the landfall light for

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. The lighthouse tower itself is only tall; however, as it was constructed on top of a large boulder, its focal plane is considerably higher, at .

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Picture of the Île Tamara Lighthouse
Lighthouses completed in 1906 Lighthouses in Guinea 1906 establishments in the French colonial empire {{Guinea-struct-stub