My sojourn to lighthouses on scattered islands of the Mediterranean Sea continues this week. I actually was looking at a different island, the remarkable Panarea, which is basically just a cone sticking out of the sea. I was a bit surprised that Panarea didn't have a lighthouse, and all that it has officially is a light on the jetty of the only harbor (which is here, if you need to know that).
Now, the famous islands in this group, known as the Aeolian Islands, are the active volcano Stromboli and the probably-will-be-active-again-eventually Vulcano, from which all volcanoes get their collective basic name. The other islands are Lipari (just north of Vulcano), Salina, the wind- and wave-sculpted Isola di Basiluzzo, the aforementioned Panarea, and other pieces of rock, notably Strombolicchio, with its incredibly situated lighthouse.
This week's featured lighthouse is the Faro di Punta Lingua, on Salina, which I think translates to the Lighthouse on Point Tongue. (I checked, and that's basically correct.) So for that location, click right here.
This is a small and unassuming lighthouse, but the location is pretty good, which explains all the ferry lines on the map.
The Lighthouse Directory provides this information:
"1920s or 1930s . Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); white flash every 3 s. 12 m (39 ft) cylindrical tower with lantern and gallery, adjoining but not attached to a 1-story keeper's house. Tower painted white; lantern dome is gray metallic. ... In 2019 the renovated keeper's house was opened as a museum, the Museo del Mare e del sale (Museum of the Sea and Salt). Located at the end of a spit in the village of Lingua, at the southeastern corner of Salina."
There are very few really close-up pictures of this one. But I did find the remarkable StreetView below. The visible island has to be Lipari. However, in the second picture, there's a conical peak that I think is Panarea, but I couldn't confirm that with any of the StreetView choices.
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