Sunday, August 19, 2018

Lighthouse of the Week, August 19-25, 2018: Chiram Hang, Busan, South Korea


With the Little League Baseball World Series underway, and Major League Baseball is in the playoff run, this lighthouse (which I hadn't heard of before), seemed appropriate.  It comes from Korea, the world's home of creative lighthouses.

This one is called Chiram Hang, and it's on a breakwater for a harbor north of Busan, which is on the southeast coast of South Korea.  (Here's a map.)

So here's what my guiding light (ha), the Lighthouse Directory, has to say.
"2011. Active; focal plane about 11 m (36 ft); green light, characteristic unknown. Approx. 8 m (26 ft) round tower shaped like a baseball bat. Next to the tower are sculptures of a baseball and a baseball glove."
Well, that pretty much gives it away.  Here's a very short article about it:

"Baseball City" Busan lights up a baseball bat-shaped lighthouse




















All they need now is a gigantic box of Cracker Jack to go with it.


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