After I discovered that South Korea has lots and lots and lots of lighthouses, with a wide variety of designs, I vowed not to use too many of them as Lighthouses of the Week. And I have kept my vow. But I was casting about for ideas for lighthouses this week, I happened upon this one, and I couldn't resist. There aren't many pictures of it, so this will be a short and quick article.
First of all, let's find where it is in South Korea. And that would be here. Zoom out to get a better geographical idea of where "here" is.
Here's what the Lighthouse Directory knows about it.
"Date unknown. Active; focal plane 16 m (52 ft); two red flashes every 6 s. 11 m (36 ft) sculpture of a whale; the light is perched above the whale's nose. Entire lighthouse is red. ... This unusual design was selected after a public competition. Formerly a whaling port, Ulsan calls itself "Whale City," has a whale museum, and is a base for whale-watching cruises."
Here are the pictures. By the way, the other breakwater has a white whale lighthouse, so don't make any Moby Dick jokes, or any dick jokes, for that matter. Remember South Korea has one of those, too (a dick lighthouse).
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