Lighthouse Ras Asir (Cape Guardafui)

Somalia / Bari / Bereda /
 lighthouse, abandoned / shut down, derelict place / object
www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/som.htm
Date unknown. Inactive. 19 m (63 ft) round masonry tower on square base. No photo available. This is it: the Horn of Africa. This historic lighthouse has been abandoned; the shadow of the tower and remains of several buildings can be seen in a Google satellite view of the cape. The surrounding area is quite desolate. Site status unknown. ARLHS SOM-003; Admiralty D7246; NGA 31072.
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Coordinates:   11°50'8"N   51°16'43"E

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  • I added two photos of my own making to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Guardafui. Direct links to the photos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Guardafui_Lighthouse.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Guardafui_Plaque.jpg The photo's were added under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, and so could be included here as well.
  • I figured out how to add photos.
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