Phare de l'Espiguette | |
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Location | Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard Languedoc-Roussillon France. |
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Coordinates | 43°29′15.8″N 4°8′30.2″E / 43.487722°N 4.141722°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1869 |
Construction | masonry tower |
Automated | 1980 |
Height | 27.40 metres (89.9 ft)[1] |
Shape | square tower with balcony and lantern attached to 1-story keeper's house |
Markings | white tower with a large horizontal band in the upper part, white lantern dome |
Heritage | monument historique inscrit, classified historical monument ![]() |
Light | |
Focal height | 26.85 metres (88.1 ft) |
Intensity | 1000 W halogen lamp |
Range | 24 nautical miles (44 km)[1] |
Characteristic | Fl (3) W 15s |
France no. | FR-1321[2] |
The Phare de l'Espiguette (Espiguette Lighthouse) is a 27-metre (89 ft)-high square tower. Built in 1869, the lighthouse is found on the Pointe de l'Espiguette, near to Le Grau-du-Roi on the Gulf of Lion in Occitanie, France.