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Groote Kaap

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Location
  
Den Helder Netherlands

Construction
  
steel tower

Opened
  
1985

Province
  
North Holland

Year first lit
  
1985 (current)

Height
  
17 m

Focal height
  
31 m

Groote Kaap

Year first constructed
  
1871 (first) 1966 (second)

Tower shape
  
cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern

Markings / pattern
  
red tower and white lantern

Address
  
Duinweg, Julianadorp, Netherlands

Similar
  
Den Oever Lighthouse, Hoge vuurtoren van IJmui, Lange Jaap, De Ven, Lage vuurtoren van IJmui

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Groote Kaap (Great Cape) (also known as the Julianadorp Lighthouse) is a round steel lighthouse painted red with a white light casing on the North Sea coast in the dunes near Julianadorp by the sea, in the municipality of Den Helder. The construction of the tower was completed in 1966. The tower was replaced in 1985.

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The tower is 16.8 metres high, and the light has a height of 31 metres above sea level. It is listed with the international number of B0849 and national number of 1482.

Light

  • Visibility in nautical miles: white 11; red and green, 8
  • Light Character: Oc WRG 10s
  • Light source: Halogen, 24V 250W
  • References

    Groote Kaap Wikipedia