Europa Point Lighthouse
Europa Point Lighthouse at Gibraltar
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| Location | Europa Point, Gibraltar |
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| Coordinates | 36°06′35″N 5°20′41″W / 36.109634°N 5.344798°WCoordinates: 36°06′35″N 5°20′41″W / 36.109634°N 5.344798°W |
| Year first constructed | 1841 |
| Year first lit | 1841 |
| Automated | 1994 |
| Construction | Masonry tower |
| Tower shape | Cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | White tower with a red horizontal band, white lantern |
| Height | 20 metres (66 ft) |
| Focal height | 49 metres (161 ft) |
| Current lens | 2nd Order Catadioptric 700 mm Focal Length |
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| Characteristic | Oc W 10s F R Oc R 10s |
| Fog signal | Horn: 1 blast ev 20s |
| Admiralty number | D2438 |
| NGA number | 4220 |
| ARLHS number | GIB-001 |
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The Europa Point Lighthouse, also referred to as the Trinity Lighthouse at Europa Point and the Victoria Tower or La Farola in Llanito, is a lighthouse at Europa Point, on the southeastern tip of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.
Europa Lighthouse was inaugurated on 1 August 1841 in a brief ceremony witnessed by about 10,000 people. The first upgrade of the lighthouse occurred in 1864, when the single-wick lamp was replaced with a Chance Brothers four-wick burner, with further changes in 1875 and in 1894 when the amount of light emitted was increased. A three incandescent mantle burner was added in 1905. Following further modernisation in the 20th century, the lighthouse was fully automated in 1994.
Europa Point Lighthouse is operated by Trinity House. The cylindrical tower is painted white, with a wide red horizontal band in the middle. The lighthouse has a height of 20 metres (66 ft) and is 49 metres (161 ft) above the high-water mark, and has a white light that occults every ten seconds. The Gibraltar Amateur Radio Society operates from the lighthouse during the third weekend of August each year.
The lighthouse's beacon may soon be retired if plans for a new UEFA Category 4 stadium go ahead.
Also known as the Trinity Lighthouse at Europa Point and the Victoria Tower, the Europa Point Lighthouse, of classic British design, first underwent construction in 1838. Sir Alexander George Woodford (1782–1870), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar, set the first stone for the lighthouse's foundation on 26 April 1838, with the aid of the Masonic Order of Gibraltar. The inscription read:
This foundation-stone of a light-house, erected by order of the colonial government of her Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and their dependencies, in the first year of her reign, was laid on the 26th day of April, A.D. 1838, A.L. 5838, with military and masonic honours, by his Excellency Major-General Sir Alexander Woodford, K.C.B. &c. governor and commander-in-chief of the town and garrison of Gibraltar, assisted by the Rev. W. E. T. Burrow, D.D. F.R.S. Provincial Grand Master, for the protection of Mediterranean commerce, the saving of human life, and the honour of the British name.
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