Saturday, June 29, 2019

Lighthouse of the Week, June 16-22, 2019: Cape Vidal, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa


(Posting this a bit late, took a break from the blog)

I searched for "yellow lighthouse".  There are a few.  Most of them discovered by the search were in Iceland, but not this one.  It's on the eastern coast of South Africa, in the KwaZulu Natal province.  More specifically (click where this is linked for a map), it's in a wetland nature park up the coast from Durban.

Apparently the surroundings of the park are green and stay that way most of the year, which is why it was painted yellow for contrast.

Specs from The Lighthouse Directory:
1985. Active; focal plane 65 m (213 ft); white flash every 10 s. 23 m (75 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and gallery, painted yellow; lantern painted red. Keeper's house nearby.
Below are three pictures.  There are not a lot of them available, probably because it's in a nature park in Africa!







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