Groote Kaap Explained

Groote Kaap Lighthouse
Julianadorp
Location:Den Helder
Netherlands
Coordinates:52.8809°N 4.7148°W
Yearbuilt:1871 (first)
1966 (second)
Yearlit:1985 (current)
Construction:steel tower
Shape:cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Marking:red tower and white lantern
Height:16.8m (55.1feet)
Focalheight:31m (102feet)
Range:white:
red and green:
Characteristic:Oc WRG 10s.
Country:Netherlands
Countrynumber:1482

Groote Kaap (Great Cape) (also known as the Julianadorp Lighthouse) is a round steel lighthouse painted red with a white light casing on the North Sea coast in the dunes near Julianadorp by the sea, in the municipality of Schagen in the Netherlands.[1] The construction of the tower was completed in 1966. The tower was replaced in 1985.

The tower is 16.8 metres high, and the light has a height of 31 metres above sea level. It is listed with the international number of B0849 and national number of 1482.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zanddijk (Large Tower)/ Groote Kaap Light - ARLHS NET-077. World List of Lights (WLOL). Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. 30 July 2011.