In the previous post for last week's (late) Lighthouse of the Week, I noted that I was looking for lighthouses on bodies of water other than oceans and seas. Still, I ended up at the Black Sea, which is a sea, and I've featured a couple of lighthouses there previously.
This one is the black-and-white Anapa Light, in Anapa, which is just to the east of the Kerch Strait (subject of an upcoming post), the connection between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The interesting thing about the paint job on this brick structure is that the black and white stripes are only on the side facing the Black Sea -- I guess to make sure that people know what direction to look to see the Black Sea.
So, again, the Lighthouse Directory provides summary info of interest:
"Built in 1955 (station established 1909). Active; focal plane 44 m (144 ft); red light, 3 seconds on, 3 seconds off, 3 seconds on, 6 seconds off. It's a 20 m (66 ft) octagonal cylindrical masonry tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white with black horizontal bands only on the seaward side. The historic lighthouse was destroyed in 1943 during World War II."
The pictures below include a picture of the previously mentioned historic lighthouse in the fourth position.
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