Category: lighthouse

The smaller lighthouse was built in 1898. After about 30 years of use, the taller one was built in 1926. They mark the southern boundary of the Lake Winnipeg Narrows.

Those who found it before the hint:

• Garfield
• Phil Ower
• Walter_V_R

The hint shed no more (double) light on the location.

Continuing on with the theme of lighthouses this round, we visit Cape St. Elias and Pinnacle Rock on Kayak Island in the Gulf of Alaska.

This lighthouse was built in 1913-16 but automated in 1974. For more information on this lighthouse, visit http://www.kayakisland.org.

The other item of interest in the image is Pinnacle Rock. This 200 meter tall rock blocks the sound from the lighthouse requiring a unique double trumpet to send the foghorn out on both sides of Pinnacle Rock.

The original location for the light was at the south end of Pinnacle Rock but due to the steepness, the lighthouse was constructed in its current location.

Not fog, nor rain or anything else stopped these players from locating this lighthouse, all before the hint:

• Phil Ower
• Lighthouse
• Garfield
• Eloy Cano
• Walter_V_R
• hhgygy

Built as a navagational aid, but not initially a lighthouse, the Jeddah Light became the worlds tallest (133 M) lighthouse when the beacon was added to the top.

The structure also serves as the port control tower.

Those who found this included (all before the hint):

• Lighthouse
• Eloy Cano
• Phil Ower
• hhgygy
• Walter_V_R
• mehmet durmus
• Glenmorren
• Garfield
• Andy McConnell
• Blaze
• David Kozina
• Jeather

Info from http://www.kalapakibeach.org/about/the-nawiliwili-lighthous

In 1897, the Republic of Hawaii obtained a lease from Lihue Plantation Co. on Ninini Point in Nawiliwili as the site for the construction of a wooden, 40-foot tall, trestle-frame light tower with a little lamp room set atop it, painted white.

In 1906, the original light tower was replaced with a 33-1/2 foot tall, white, wooden mast with a new lamp. At its base, a modest house painted white with lead-colored trimmings and a red roof was built. Both mast and house were rebuilt in 1923 and repaired in 1926.

In 1933 a new house was built for Kua with three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and bathroom, with outbuildings close by, and the 86-foot tall cylindrical concrete lighthouse presently at Ninini Point was also built. This light house was automated in 1953.

The hint was a picture taken from a video of a plane landing at Lihue Airport, just north of the lighthouse. (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=amTpIqtY8rc)

Found with the lights off:

• Glenmorren
• Walter_V_R
• Garfield
• Phil Ower
• Lighthouse
• Jeather
• Andy McConnell
• Eloy Cano
• hhgygy
• BlazE

And after the hint:

• Mehmet DURMUS
• David Kozina
• rob de wolff

Continue reading “Contest #525: Ninini Point Lighthouse, Kauai, Hawaii, USA”

Most lighthouses are tall so that they get the light out as far as possible. There are a few exceptions that sit on cliffs, and when you add the height of the lighthouse to the height of the cliff, you get the “focal height”.

Ponta do Pargo is small, only slightly more than 14M. But it has a focal height of 316M, making it quite a bit more visible than even the tallest lighthouses out there. On a clear night, Ponta do Pargo can be seen 26 Nautical Miles from shore.

Those who saw it from way out at sea included:

• Eloy Cano
• Lighthouse
• Walter_V_R
• Rob de Wolff
• hhgygy
• Garfield
• Phil Ower
• Andy McConnell
• Blaze
• mehmet durmus

And after the hints:

• Chris Nason
• Declan Moore
• David Kozina
• Tuxedo Jones
• Robin
• Jeather
• JF

Storozhenskiy is among the tallest “traditional” lighthouses in the world. Built in 1911, this sits on the eastern side of Lake Lagoda. During the WW2 Siege of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Soviet forces held a portion of the western shore of the lake, and this became one of the only ways to get supplies into the city during the 4 years of the siege.

The lighthouse is accessable and, by contacting the operator, you can take these stairs to the top.

Those who found this site were:

• Eloy Cano
• Walter_V_R
• Jeather
• Garfield
• Lighthouse
• hhgygy
• Phil Ower

After the hint:

• Blaze
• mehmet durmus
• Lance Finney
• Gillian B
• Andy McConnell
• Chris Nason
• Declan Moore
• JF
• Tuxedo Jones
• rob de wolff

Located in Table Bay, near Cape Town, this lighthouse was built in 1960. Its red sector covers Robbin Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned until 1982 (hence, the hint).

Those who saw the light:

• Lighthouse
• Phil Ower
• Eloy Cano
• Garfield
• Rob de Wolff
• Glenmorren
• hhgygy
• mehmet durmus
• Andy McConnell

And after the hint:

• Lance Finney
• Gillian B
• Declan Moore
• Streaming Doc
• Tuxedo Jones
• Blaze
• David Kozina
• Jeather
• Chris Nason
• Robin