Hesaki Lighthouse

Summary

Hesaki Lighthouse (部埼灯台, hesaki tōdai) is a lighthouse on the Kiku Peninsula in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed in December 1870; the lighthouse was lit on 22 January 1871. It was one of the lighthouses designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan to help construct lighthouses to make coastal waters safe for foreign ships to approach, after Japan opened up to the West.[3]

Hesaki Lighthouse
He Saki
部埼灯台
Hesaki Lighthouse
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LocationMoji-ku, Kitakyūshū
Japan
Coordinates33°57′33.8″N 131°01′22.7″E / 33.959389°N 131.022972°E / 33.959389; 131.022972
Tower
Constructed1871
Constructiongranite tower
Height9.7 metres (32 ft)
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower and lantern
Light
First lit22 January 1871 (1871-01-22)
Focal height39.1 metres (128 ft)
LensThird order Fresnel
Intensityflash: 180,000 candela
fixed light: 7,000 candela
Range17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
CharacteristicF Fl W 15s.[1]
Japan no.5409 [F5312][2]

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Notes edit

  1. ^ "部埼灯台 He Saki" (in Japanese). sakura.ne.jp. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Japan: Fukuoka Area". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  3. ^ Maloney, Iain (2023). The Japan lights. Tippermuir Books Ltd, Perth, Scotland. p. 180. ISBN 9781913836320.