Location | Off coast of Peniche, Portugal |
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Coordinates | 39°24′48″N 9°30′30″W / 39.41333°N 9.50833°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1842 |
Construction | stone |
Automated | 1985 |
Height | 29 metres (95 ft) |
Operator | Directorate for Lighthouses (Direcção de Faróis) |
Heritage | heritage without legal protection |
Light | |
Focal height | 121 m (397 ft) |
Lens | LED Optics |
Range | 27 nautical miles |
Characteristic | Fl W 10s |
Berlenga lighthouse (Portuguese: Farol da Berlenga), also known as the Duke of Bragança Lighthouse, is a functioning lighthouse situated on the highest point of the granite island of Berlenga Grande (Great Berlenga), which is a nature reserve in the Atlantic Ocean, 10 kilometres west of the town of Peniche in the Leiria District of Portugal. Although planned for construction in the 18th century, work did not start until 1837 and it was completed in 1842.