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Cape Ortegal Lighthouse

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Construction
  
concrete tower

Light source
  
solar power

Opened
  
1984

Year first constructed
  
1984

Focal height
  
124 metres (407 ft)

Height
  
10 m

Province
  
Province of A Coruña

Cape Ortegal Lighthouse

Location
  
Cabo Ortegal Province of A Coruña Galicia Spain

Tower shape
  
cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern

Markings / pattern
  
white tower with a red band, white lantern

Address
  
CP-2205, 15360 Cariño, La Coruña, Spain

Similar
  
Estaca de Bares Lighthouse, Vixía Herbeira, Faro Cabo Prioriño, Faro de Punta Nariga, Punta Candelaria Lighthouse

Cape Ortegal Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Cabo Ortegal, Galician: Faro do cabo Ortegal) is a lighthouse in the Province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It was planned and approved in 1982 and completed in 1984. It consists of a white cylindrical concrete tower 3 metres (9.8 ft) in diameter and 12.7 metres (42 ft) tall with a red stripe and two balconies 4.7 metres (15 ft) in diameter.

References

Cape Ortegal Lighthouse Wikipedia