Sark Lighthouse

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Sark Lighthouse
(Point Robert)
File:Point Robert, Sèr.jpg
Sark Lighthouse is located in Channel Islands
Sark Lighthouse
Location Point Robert, Sark
Channel Islands
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Year first constructed 1913
Automated 1994
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern rising fron keeper's house
Markings / pattern white towwer and keeper's house
Height 16 m (52 ft)
Focal height 65 m (213 ft)
Current lens 2nd order catadioptric 4 panel symmetrica
Intensity 45,000 candela
Range 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 15s.
Fog signal 2 blasts every 30 seconds (range 2 nmi (3.7 km; 2.3 mi))
Admiralty number A1544
NGA number 8260
ARLHS number GUE-003[1]

Sark Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the side of cliffs at Point Robert, at the north east of Sark, and guides vessels passing through the Channel Islands away from Blanchard Rock, which lies several miles to the east. It was constructed by Trinity House in 1913 and comprises a white, octagonal tower rising from flat-roofed service rooms and cottages, all built of stone. Access is provided by steps down from the top of the cliff, but the lighthouse was automated in 1994 and is now remotely monitored from the Trinity House operations centre in Harwich, Essex.[2]

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