Cabo da Roca Lighthouse

Cabo da Roca Lighthouse
*Farol do Cabo da Roca*
	The lighthouse complex on the edge of the Cape
Location	Colares; Sintra; Portugal
Coordinates	38°46′55.2″N 9°29′50.4″W / 38.782000°N 9.497333°W
Tower
Constructed	1772
Construction	stone tower
Automated	1990
Height	22 metres (72 ft)
Shape	square tower with balcony and lantern rising from a 1-storey keeper's house
Markings	white tower and unpainted stone trim, red lantern
Operator	Directorate for Lighthouses; (Direcção de Faróis)
Heritage	Included in the Protected Area of Sintra-Cascais (PT031111050264)
Fog signal	inactive
Racon	deactivated
Light
First lit	1772
Focal height	165 metres (541 ft)
Lens	16 Argand lamps with parabolic reflectors (original), crystal optic with a third-order Fresnel rotational beacon (current)
Intensity	3000 W
Range	26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi)
Characteristic	Fl(4) W 18s
Portugal no.	PT-186

The Cabo da Roca Lighthouse (Portuguese: Farol do Cabo da Roca) is a beacon/lighthouse located 165 metres (541 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean, on Portugal's (and continental Europe's) most westerly extent.^[2] It is located in the civil parish of Colares, in the municipality of Sintra, situated on a promontory made up of granite boulders and interspersed limestone. It is a third-order lighthouse, which originally began operating in 1772. It was the first new purpose-built lighthouse to be constructed in the country; the older lighthouses in existence at that time were constructed on existing platforms or from pre-existing beacons.^[3]

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Portugal". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
^ "NGA List of Lights". Maritime Safety Information. Springfield, Virginia: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^ Costa, Patricia (2004). SIPA (ed.). "Farol do Cabo da Roca" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico.

[1] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Portugal". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-03-19.

[NGA-2] "NGA List of Lights". Maritime Safety Information. Springfield, Virginia: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[SIPA-3] Costa, Patricia (2004). SIPA (ed.). "Farol do Cabo da Roca" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico.

[1]

[2]

[3]

Tower
The lighthouse complex on the edge of the Cape

Location	Colares Sintra Portugal
Coordinates	38°46′55.2″N 9°29′50.4″W / 38.782000°N 9.497333°W / 38.782000; -9.497333
Constructed	1772
Construction	stone tower
Automated	1990
Height	22 metres (72 ft)
Shape	square tower with balcony and lantern rising from a 1-storey keeper's house
Markings	white tower and unpainted stone trim, red lantern
Operator	Directorate for Lighthouses (Direcção de Faróis)
Heritage	Included in the Protected Area of Sintra-Cascais (PT031111050264)
Fog signal	inactive
Racon	deactivated

Light
First lit	1772
Focal height	165 metres (541 ft)
Lens	16 Argand lamps with parabolic reflectors (original), crystal optic with a third-order Fresnel rotational beacon (current)
Intensity	3000 W
Range	26 nmi (48 km; 30 mi)
Characteristic	Fl(4) W 18s
Portugal no.	PT-186^[1]