Europa Point Lighthouse
The Europa Point Lighthouse, also referred to as the Trinity Lighthouse at Europa Point and the Victoria Tower or La Farola in Llanito, is a lighthouse at Europa Point, on the southeastern tip of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.
Europa Point Lighthouse at Gibraltar, with former keepers' cottages to the left and the former fog-horn house to the right | |
| Location | Europa Point, Gibraltar, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°06′35″N 5°20′41″W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1838 |
| Construction | masonry (tower) |
| Automated | February 1994 |
| Height | 20 m (66 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white (tower), white (lantern) , stripe (red, horizontal direction) |
| Operator | Trinity House (1838–) |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1 August 1841 |
| Focal height | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Lens | Single-tier LED |
| Intensity | 72,216 candela |
| Range | 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi) |
| Characteristic | Iso W 10s |
Europa Lighthouse was inaugurated on 1 August 1841 in a brief ceremony witnessed by about 10,000 people. The first upgrade of the lighthouse occurred in 1864, when the single-wick lamp was replaced with a Chance Brothers four-wick burner, with further changes in 1875 and in 1894 when the amount of light emitted was increased. A three incandescent mantle burner was added in 1905. Following further modernisation in the 20th century, the lighthouse was fully automated in 1994 and converted to LED operation in 2016.
Europa Point Lighthouse is operated by Trinity House. The cylindrical tower is painted white, with a wide red horizontal band in the middle. The lighthouse has a height of 20 metres (66 ft) and is 49 metres (161 ft) above the high-water mark.