Kinkasan Lighthouse Explained

Kinkasan Lighthouse
金華山灯台
Location:Kinkasan
Oshika Peninsula
Ishinomaki, Miyagi
Japan
Coordinates:38.2766°N 141.5842°W
Yearbuilt:1876
Automated:2005
Construction:granite tower
Shape:cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Marking:white tower and lantern
Lens:Second order Fresnel
Intensity:320,000 cd
Range:20nmi
Height:54.6m (179.1feet)
Focalheight:12.82m (42.06feet)
Characteristic:Al Fl W R 20s.
Country:Japan
Countrynumber:JCG-1728

is a lighthouse on Kinkasan, an island off the Oshika Peninsula in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan.

The Kinkasan Lighthouse was one of 26 lighthouses designed and built in Meiji period Japan by the British engineer Richard Henry Brunton. Work began in March 1874. It was completed and lit on November 1, 1876, eight months after Brunton left Japan.

The lighthouse was destroyed from July to August 1945 by the United States Navy during World War II, but was rebuilt in February 1946. It was completely automated on April 1, 2005.

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