Makatumbe Range Rear Lighthouse

Makatumbe Range Rear Lighthouse
Location	Dar es Salaam; Tanzania
Coordinates	6°47′27.1″S 39°20′13.9″E / 6.790861°S 39.337194°E / -6.790861; 39.337194
Tower
Constructed	1894
Construction	masonry tower
Height	29 metres (95 ft)
Shape	quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	black and white horizontal bands
Operator	Tanzania Ports Authority
Light
Focal height	29 metres (95 ft)
Range	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (3) W 20s.

The Makatumbe Range Rear Lighthouse (also known as Dar es Salaam Bay Range Rear or Outer Makatumbe lighthouse) is located on the island of Outer Makatumbe close to the coast of Dar es salaam, Tanzania. The lighthouse assists ships waiting in the strait that are about to enter the Kivukoni channel.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The lighthouse structure is similar to that of Ras Mkumbi Lighthouse and is a square masonry tower with a red lantern and gallery. The lighthouse structure was refurbished between 1997 and 1999 in a project that saw the overhaul of Port of Dar es Salaam infrastructure.^[5]

References

^ List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2017
^ By, Lighthouse webmaster - Geoffrey Baker -. "Foghorn Publishing ... Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Outer Makatumbe Light". www.lighthousedigest.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
^ Pub. 112 List of Lights. Government Printing Office.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Tanzania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
^ "Tukumbuke Zamani: Historia Ya Taifa Letu Katika Picha". JamiiForums | The Home of Great Thinkers. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

External links

Postcard photo of lighthouse
Tanzania Ports Authority

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[1] List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2017

[2] By, Lighthouse webmaster - Geoffrey Baker -. "Foghorn Publishing ... Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Outer Makatumbe Light". www.lighthousedigest.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

[3] Pub. 112 List of Lights. Government Printing Office.

[4] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Tanzania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

[5] "Tukumbuke Zamani: Historia Ya Taifa Letu Katika Picha". JamiiForums | The Home of Great Thinkers. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

v t e Lighthouses in Tanzania
Dar es salaam	Makatumbe Front Range Makatumbe Range Rear Oyster Bay Range Front Oyster Bay Rear Range
Mafia Island	Ras Mkumbi
Pemba	Matumbi Ras Kigomasha
Tanga	Ras Kazone Rear Range Tanga Entrance Tanga Island Front Range Tanga Island Rear Range Ulenge Island Front Range Ulenge Island Rear Range
Zanzibar	Chumbe Kiungani Rear Range Mangapwani Marubi Palace Gardens Range Rear Pungume Ras Makunduchi Ras Nungwi Tumbatu Island

Tower


Location	Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Coordinates	6°47′27.1″S 39°20′13.9″E / 6.790861°S 39.337194°E / -6.790861; 39.337194
Constructed	1894
Construction	masonry tower
Height	29 metres (95 ft)
Shape	quadrangular tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	black and white horizontal bands
Operator	Tanzania Ports Authority

Light
Focal height	29 metres (95 ft)
Range	15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)^[1]
Characteristic	Fl (3) W 20s.

Makatumbe Range Rear Lighthouse

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