Capul Island Lighthouse
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Philippines
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Location |
Capul Island Northern Samar Philippines |
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Coordinates | 12°28′53.2″N 124°8′28.2″E / 12.481444°N 124.141167°E |
Year first constructed | 1896 |
Construction | granite tower |
Tower shape | cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern |
Markings / pattern | white tower with red trims, white lantern |
Height | 12 metres (39 ft) |
Focal height | 43 metres (141 ft) |
Original lens | third-order Fresnel lens |
Current lens | n/a |
Range | 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 7s. |
Fog signal | none |
Admiralty number | F2492 |
NGA number | 14152 |
ARLHS number | PHI-045 |
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Capul Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Titoog Point in San Luis on the northern tip of Capul Island, Northern Samar in the Philippines. It marks the western entrance to the San Bernardino Strait coming in from Ticao Pass.
Construction on the lighthouse was started on October 1893 and it was first lit on December 1896 while the station was still partially complete. Work was suspended a month before on November 1896 on the onset of the Philippine Revolution.
The Capul Island Lighthouse together with the Batag Island Lighthouse were declared provincial historical landmarks by the province of Northern Samar in October 2008.
Coordinates: 12°28′53.39″N 124°8′29.89″E / 12.4814972°N 124.1416361°E