Les Onglous Lighthouse Explained

Les Onglous Lighthouse
Canal du Midi
Location:Marseillan, Hérault, Hérault
France
Coordinates:43.34°N 3.5398°W
Yearbuilt:1902
Construction:masonry tower
Shape:cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Marking:white tower, red lantern and rail
Height:11m (36feet)
Focalheight:10m (30feet)
Characteristic:Oc (2) WR 6s.

The Les Onglous Lighthouse is the terminating point of the Canal du Midi where the canal enters the Étang de Thau.[1] [2] [3] The red and white lighthouse is at the tip of a short jetty projecting into the Étang de Thau. It is located on the east jetty at the canal entrance, about 1.5km (00.9miles) south of Marseillan in the Hérault department.The Isthmus of Onglous is a narrow strip of land between the Étang and the Mediterranean.[4]

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  1. 25 January 2016.
  2. Book: McKnight, H. . Cruising French Waterways . Bloomsbury Publishing . 2013 . 978-1-4729-0323-5 . nl . 18 May 2019 . 512 . The Canal du Midi ends abruptly at Les Onglous Lighthouse, entry to the huge expanse of the Étang de Thau..
  3. Book: Jefferson, David . Through the French Canals . Adlard Colles Nautical . 2009 . 280 . 978-1-4081-0381-4.
  4. Book: Hare, Augustus John Cuthbert . South Western France . 1890 .