Capo Miseno Lighthouse

Capo Miseno
Capo Miseno Lighthouse
LocationCapo Miseno
Bacoli
Campania
Italy
Coordinates40°46′42″N 14°05′21″E / 40.778271°N 14.089040°E / 40.778271; 14.089040
Tower
Constructed1856 (first)
Constructionmasonry tower
Height12 metres (39 ft)
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to the seaward corner of a 2-storey keeper’s house
Markingswhite tower
OperatorMarina Militare
Light
First lit1954 (current)
Focal height80 metres (260 ft)
LensType OF
Focal length: 250mm
IntensityAL 1000 W
Rangemain: 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)
reserve: 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)
CharacteristicFl (2) W 10s.
Italy no.2402 E.F.

Capo Miseno Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di Capo Miseno) is an active lighthouse located at the end of the promontory, with the same name, that marks the north-western limit of the Gulf of Naples as well as the Gulf of Pozzuoli toward the Tyrrhenian Sea in the province of Naples.