Europa Point Lighthouse

Europa Point Lighthouse
Europa Point Lighthouse at Gibraltar, with former keepers' cottages to the left and the former fog-horn house to the right
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LocationEuropa Point, Gibraltar, United Kingdom Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates36°06′35″N 5°20′41″W / 36.109634°N 5.344798°W / 36.109634; -5.344798
Tower
Constructed1838 Edit this on Wikidata
Constructionmasonry (tower) Edit this on Wikidata
AutomatedFebruary 1994 Edit this on Wikidata
Height20 m (66 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite (tower), white (lantern) Edit this on Wikidata, stripe (red, horizontal direction) Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorTrinity House (1838–) Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1 August 1841 Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height49 m (161 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
LensSingle-tier LED
Intensity72,216 candela Edit this on Wikidata
Range18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicIso W 10s Edit this on Wikidata

The Europa Point Lighthouse, also referred to as the Trinity Lighthouse at Europa Point and the Victoria Tower or La Farola in Llanito, is a lighthouse at Europa Point, on the southeastern tip of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.

Europa Lighthouse was inaugurated on 1 August 1841 in a brief ceremony witnessed by about 10,000 people. The first upgrade of the lighthouse occurred in 1864, when the single-wick lamp was replaced with a Chance Brothers four-wick burner, with further changes in 1875 and in 1894 when the amount of light emitted was increased. A three incandescent mantle burner was added in 1905. Following further modernisation in the 20th century, the lighthouse was fully automated in 1994 and converted to LED operation in 2016.

Europa Point Lighthouse is operated by Trinity House. The cylindrical tower is painted white, with a wide red horizontal band in the middle. The lighthouse has a height of 20 metres (66 ft) and is 49 metres (161 ft) above the high-water mark.