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Fastnet Lighthouse (2nd)

2nd and current lighthouse on Fastnet Rock, off the south-west coast of Ireland, construction started 1897
Place lighthouse Q3067133

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
lighthouse
Inception
1897[9]
Official website
irishlights.ie[14]

Location

Country
Ireland[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.393°, -9.605°
Located in or next to body of water
Atlantic Ocean, Celtic Sea[3][4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
County Cork[1]
Located in/on physical feature
Fastnet Rock[11]

Population and size

Height
+54[17]
More facts +16
Capital cost
+90000[18]
Color
white[8]
Designed by
William Douglass[7]
Focal height
+49[19]
Historic county
County Cork[23]
Light characteristic
Fl W 5s[15]
Lighthouse range
+28[20]
Luminous intensity
+2500000[21]
Made from material
granite[6]
Operator
Commissioners of Irish Lights[5]
Racon signal
G[22]
Service entry
June 27, 1904[12]
Significant event
automatization[13]
Start time
1897[10]
Structure replaces
Fastnet Lighthouse (1st)[16]
Type of lens
first order Fresnel lens[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Fastnet Light en Fastnet Lighthouse (2nd) en Fastnet Rock fr Fastnet (Phare) fr phare du Fastnet he פסטנט רוק nl Fastnet Lighthouse pt Farol de Fastnet sv Fastnet (fyr) uk Фастнет Рок zh 燈塔島
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Fastnet Rock Lighthouse.jpg ↗
ARLHS lighthouse ID
IRE034
Admiralty number
A5702
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1214mdy_
Irish National Inventory of Architectural Heritage ID
20915315
MMSI
992501123
MarineTraffic Lighthouse ID
1000023761
NGA lighthouse ID
114-6308
Online List of Lights ID
3745
OpenStreetMap node ID
322520722
Structurae structure ID
20049170
Wiki Loves Monuments ID
IE-CO-0124

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 1
Fastnet Rock
Color 1
white
Country 1
Ireland
Historic county 1
County Cork
Instance of 1
lighthouse
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
County Cork
Located in/on physical feature 1
Fastnet Rock
Made from material 1
granite
Operator 1
Commissioners of Irish Lights
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Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . irishlights.ie. Retrieved . irishlights.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → granite
    Color → white
    Replaces → —
    Country → Ireland
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Structure replaces: Fastnet Lighthouse (1st)"
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