Cape Palinuro
Coordinates: 40°01′35″N 15°16′30″E / 40.02639°N 15.27500°E
 A view of Capo Palinuro with the lighthouse on the top | |
  Campania | |
| Location |
Capo Palinuro Palinuro Campania Italy |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°01′28.5″N 15°16′26.7″E / 40.024583°N 15.274083°E |
| Year first constructed | 1870 |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Tower shape | octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern atop a 2-storey keeper’s house |
| Markings / pattern | white tower |
| Height | 14 metres (46 ft) |
| Focal height | 206 metres (676 ft) |
| Current lens |
type OR 500 focal length 250 mm |
| Light source | mains power |
| Range |
main: 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) reserve: 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (3) W 15s. |
| Admiralty number | E1470 |
| NGA number | 9652 |
| ARLHS number | ITA-089 |
| Italy number | 2668 E.F. |
| Managing agent |
Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni [1] [2] |
Cape Palinuro (Italian : Capo Palinuro) is located in southwestern Italy, approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Salerno, in southern part of Cilento region. It is supposedly named after Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas' ship in Virgil's Aeneid.[3]
Geography
Cape Palinuro
Northern side of the cape is the location of Palinuro, a touristic hamlet of Centola. Southern side faces in the Gulf of Policastro, and is far 6 km from Marina di Camerota.
See also
References
- ↑ Capo Palinuro The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 6 August 2016
- ↑ Capo Palinuro Marina Militare. Retrieved 6 August 2016
- ↑ Virgil Aeneid, ed. and trans. Dryden, John Perseus Project Retrieved on 1 February 2011.
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