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Ra's Bir Lighthouse

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A new lighthouse, which was built adjacent to the original first entered service in 1952. It consists of a tall 50m high ribbed tower, which is white with an upper red band, that supports a single gallery and a white lantern. It sits within its own walled compound along with the keeper's
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Sailing directions for the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, note that the lighthouse and the surrounding coastline are plainly detectable on radar from over 20 miles away. It also highlights that
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The first lighthouse at Ra's Bir, was completed in 1889 and consists of a two-storey square tower, it is now used as a radar station.
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accommodation and other outbuildings. With a focal height of 74m above sea level, the light can be seen for 20
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surveys of the local coastline are unfinished, and that a reef ranges up to a mile from the shore.
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is made up of a pattern of two flashes of white light every ten seconds.
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Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea
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United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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Obock Region
Coordinates
11°58′49″N 43°21′42″E / 11.98028°N 43.36167°E / 11.98028; 43.36167
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Characteristic

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lighthouse
Djibouti
Bab-el-Mandeb
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Tadjoura
nautical miles
light characteristic
hydrographic
Port authority
Djibouti
NGA
List of lighthouses in Djibouti





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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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