New Zealand S.I. Dunedin Area 2009
The Taiaroa Head with it's lighthouse (built 1864 - now automated), on the Otago Peninsula at the entrance to the Otago Harbour for Port Chalmers and Dunedin.
The lighthouse was built in 1941 961 ft above sea level. - the last manned lighthouse to be built in New Zealand. It was automated in 1987 and the keeper was withdrawn. The flashing light is visible for 31 miles and guides shipping from Australia as it passes between the Three Kings and Cape Reinga. On the lighthouse reserve there is a radio beacon for shipping and the Cape has been an important weather-reporting station. Every year many thousands of photos are taken of the lighthouse and the signpost giving the direction to many places including London, Sydney, Tokyo, the Equator, Bluff, the South Pole, Vancouver, Los Angeles and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Taking their Turkish name, 'fener', from ancient Alexandria's Pharos, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, lighthouses are the sailor's faithful friend.
For centuries mariners have found their way by looking at the stars. For them the tiny rays stars transmit are as important as their actual position in the sky. Over time however light sources illuminating the sea from land became mariners' guides, safeguarding especially navigators sailing close to shore from disaster. Developing technology has of course gradually reduced the need for such guides today. Yes, we are talking about lighthouses. Those white towers which while sustaining an, albeit nostalgic, existence are regarded today as an historic legacy in many parts of the world.
8334 KM, 415 LIGHTHOUSES
The first known lighthouse was built by the Phoenicians at Sigeon (today's Çanakkale-Kumkale) in the 7th century B.C. The lighthouse at Alexandria, one of the most imposing structures of antiquity, was built by Sostrates of Cnidus on the island of Pharos in 280 B.C.
From Sinop-Inceburun in the north to Anamur in the south, there are 415 lighthouses of varying size along Turkey's 8334 km coastline, which extends from Igneada to Hopa on the Black Sea, and from Çanakkale-Seddülbahir on the Dardanelles to Hatay-Akinciburnu on the Mediterranean. According to the sources, construction of the first modern lighthouse in Turkey followed a serious maritime accident at the entrance to the Bosphorus at Istanbul, when a galleon, under the command of Haci Kaptan and carrying commercial goods to Egypt, ran aground in the night at Kumkapi in 1755. No sooner did the reigning sultan, Osman II, hear of the disaster than he instructed the Admiral of the Ottoman Fleet, Süleyman Pasha, to have the first lighthouse built in Istanbul's Ahirkapi quarter.
Fener / Sinyal Adı : KIZILADA FENERİ
Kuruluş Tarihi : 01/01/1910
Bölge : Akdeniz
İl : Muğla
İlçe : Fethiye
Yer : KIZILADA GÜNEYBURUNDA
Karakter : W. Fl. 5.0 Sn.
Karakter Açıklama : 1.0 + 4.0
Görünme Mesafesi : 15 MİL
Yükseklik : 13
Denizden Yükseklik : 32
Fener Tipi : TİDELAND ML 300 mm
Fener Sistemi : DEVVAR
Flasher Tipi : TF -3B
Ampul Cinsi : 35 W.
Ampul Tipi : 12 V. HALOJEN
Şamandıra Tipi :
Enerji : GÜNEŞ ENERJİLİ
Kuzey : 36 39 12N
Doğu : 29 02 30E
Nominal Değeri 50 TL
Metal 925 Ayar Gümüş
Çap 38,61 mm.
Ağırlık 31,47 gr.
Baskı Özelliği Proof
Kenar Tırtıllı
Maximum Baskı 3.000
Sanatçı H.Basri HOŞAFÇI
Tedavül Süresi 29.12.2008 - 29.12.2010