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2. La Jument - Wikipedia

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   Lens. Fresnel. Range. 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) Characteristic. 3 Fl R 15s. 1990 electrification. La Jument ("the mare") is a lighthouse in Brittany, Northwestern France. [1] The lighthouse is built on a rock (that is also called La Jument) about 300 metres from the coast of the island of Ushant.

3. Lighthouse keeper - Wikipedia

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   Marine occupation. A lighthouse keeper or lightkeeper is a person responsible for tending and caring for a lighthouse, particularly the light and lens in the days when oil lamps and clockwork mechanisms were used. Lighthouse keepers were sometimes referred to as " wickies " because of their job trimming the wicks. [1]

4. Tévennec Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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   Q WR, Fl W 4s. Tévennec Lighthouse (French: Phare de Tévennec) is a lighthouse located at the western tip of Brittany (département of Finistère), in the northern part of the Raz de Sein off the Pointe du Van. Automated in 1910, it accompanies the light of La Vieille in securing the passage of the Raz de Sein, which presents many difficulties.

5. Ar Men - Wikipedia

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   23.5 nautical miles (43.5 km; 27.0 mi) Characteristic. Fl (3) W 20s. France no. FR-0694 [2] Ar Men ("the rock" in Breton) is a lighthouse at one end of the Chaussée de l' Île de Sein, at the west end of Brittany. It shares its name with the rock on which it was erected between 1867 and 1881. It is a listed monument since 2017.

6. Cordouan Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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   Cordouan lighthouse (French pronunciation: [kɔʁdwɑ̃]) is an active lighthouse located 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) at sea, near the mouth of the Gironde estuary in France. [1] At a height of 67.5 metres (221 ft), [ 2 ] it is the tenth-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.

7. List of lighthouses in France - Wikipedia

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   Perros-Guirec. 48°52′43″N 3°29′24″W  /  48.87861°N 3.49000°W  / 48.87861; -3.49000. 1854. The first lighthouse, a round tower, was illuminated in May 1835, and then replaced in 1854 by a square tower 16 ft (5 m) taller. Destroyed 4 August 1944, it was rebuilt in 1949 and relit in July 1952.