Hesaki Lighthouse Explained

Hesaki Lighthouse
He Saki
部埼灯台
Location:Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū
Japan
Coordinates:33.9594°N 131.023°W
Yearbuilt:1871
Construction:granite tower
Shape:cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Marking:white tower and lantern
Height:9.7m (31.8feet)
Focalheight:39.1m (128.3feet)
Lens:Third order Fresnel
Intensity:flash: 180,000 candela
fixed light: 7,000 candela
Range:17nmi
Characteristic:F Fl W 15s.[1]
Country:Japan
Countrynumber:5409 [F5312]

is a lighthouse on the Kiku Peninsula in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed in December 1870; the lighthouse was lit on 22 January 1871. It was one of the lighthouses designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan to help construct lighthouses to make coastal waters safe for foreign ships to approach, after Japan opened up to the West.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 部埼灯台 He Saki . sakura.ne.jp . ja . 30 June 2019 .
  2. Book: Maloney, Iain . The Japan lights . Tippermuir Books Ltd, Perth, Scotland . 2023 . 9781913836320 . 180.