Nosy Alañaña Light
Appearance
![]() Nosy Alañaña Light, 2006 | |
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Location | Toamasina, Madagascar |
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Coordinates | 18°2′55.45″S 49°27′36.15″E / 18.0487361°S 49.4600417°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1932 |
Construction | concrete tower |
Height | 197 feet (60 m) |
Shape | octagonal tower with gallery and lantern |
Markings | white tower, black lantern and gallery |
Light | |
Focal height | 197 feet (60 m) |
Range | 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl (3) W 25s. |
Nosy Alañaña Light, also known as Île aux Prunes Light (French: Phare de l'Île aux Prunes), is an active lighthouse in Île aux Prunes, Toamasina Province, Madagascar.[1] At a height of 197 feet (60 m) it is the twenty-fourth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world,[2] as well as the tallest in Africa. It is located on Île aux Prunes (Isle of Prunes, Malagasy: Nosy Alañaña), a tiny island about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north-northeast of Toamasina.
The island is accessible by boat, and the site is open, but the tower is closed to the public.
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- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Madagascar". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 525.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Madagascar". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.