Mulantou Lighthouse (), also known as the Hainan Head Light, located in the province of
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
, is the fifth-tallest
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses m ...
in the world, and the tallest in China.
Built in 1995, this active lighthouse has a focal plane of . It emits two white flashes every 15 seconds.
The Mulantou Lighthouse is tall.
[ It is located on a sharp promontory at the northeastern tip of the province, and marks the south side of the entrance to ]Qiongzhou Strait
The Qiongzhou Strait, also called the is the Chinese strait that separates Guangdong's Leizhou Peninsula from the island province of Hainan. It connects the Gulf of Tonkin on its west to the South China Sea on its east. The strait is on averag ...
.
The structure is round cylindrical concrete rising from a 2-story circular base. It has a large circular observation room. This lighthouse is white in colour with red trim.
See also
* List of lighthouses in China
This is a list of lighthouses in the People's Republic of China which includes mainland China and the two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
Lighthouses in Mainland China
Lighthouses in Hong Kong
Following the establishment ...
*List of tallest lighthouses in the world
This is a list of the tallest lighthouses, by tower height (as opposed to focal height, i.e. height of the lamp of a lighthouse from water level). The list includes only "traditional lighthouses", as defined by ''The Lighthouse Directory'', i.e. bu ...
* Baishamen Lighthouse
Baishamen Lighthouse (), located on Haidian Island, Haikou, in the province of Hainan, China, is the sixth tallest lighthouse in the world, and the second tallest in China. Listed as Baisha Men. Rising from a three-storey hexagonal base, the struct ...
– the second tallest lighthouse in China
References
* Listed as Mulan Tou.
External links
Information of Mulantou Lighthouse
Lighthouses completed in 1995
Lighthouses in China
Buildings and structures in Hainan
1995 establishments in China
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