Scoglio d'Africa | |
Location: | Tuscan archipelago Tuscany Italy |
Coordinates: | 42.3018°N 10.0667°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1867 |
Foundation: | concrete base |
Construction: | stone tower |
Shape: | cylindrical tower with lantern and gallery on conical truncated base |
Marking: | unpainted stone tower, grey lantern dome |
Height: | 16m (52feet) |
Focalheight: | 19m (62feet) |
Intensity: | MaxiHalo-60 EFF |
Characteristic: | Fl W 5s. |
Lens: | Type OF |
Country: | Italy |
Countrynumber: | 2096 E.F |
Managingagent: | Marina Militare[1] [2] |
Scoglio d'Africa Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Scoglio d'Africa) is an active lighthouse located on a solitary skerry, Scoglio d'Africa, in open Tyrrhenian Sea halfway Montecristo and Pianosa.
The lighthouse built, in 1867, on a platform has a conical base, in order to resist the waves, surmounted by a cylindrical tower in white stone with balcony and lantern 16m (52feet) high. The lighthouse is powered by a solar unit, the focal plane is at 19m (62feet) above sea level and the lantern emits a single white flash every 5 seconds visible up to . The light is operated by the Lighthouses Service of Marina Militare identified by the code number 2096 E.F.[2]