After last week's lighthouse on the shore of chilly Lake Michigan, I've traveled south to the Caribbean, specifically the island of Martinique. The island is perhaps most famous for the tragic eruption of Mont Pelée in 1902 which destroyed the city of St. Pierre and all of its inhabitants.
Despite that, it's a beautiful tropical island, and being an island, it has some lighthouses. The first one that shows up is La Caravelle, pretty as a picture and in a great lighthouse location. Sufficiently picturesque to be on a postage stamp.
The Lighthouse Directory provides this information :
"1862. Active; focal plane 129 m (423 ft); three white flashes every 15 s. 14 m (46 ft) square cylindrical tower, painted red with white trim; lantern white. Clamshell Fresnel lens in use. ... The lighthouse occupies a spectacular site overlooking the Atlantic. Located at the eastern end of the Caravelle Peninsula east of Trinité, in the Martinique Regional Nature Park."
Below, a video and pictures!
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