Roches-Douvres Light

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Roches-Douvres Light

Roches-Douvres Light, 2009
Location	Plateau des Roches-Douvres, Île-de-Bréhat, France
Coordinates	49°06′18″N 2°48′50″W / 49.105°N 2.8139°W / 49.105; -2.8139
Tower
Constructed	1954
Construction	stone
Automated	2000
Height	64.2 m (211 ft)
Shape	cylinder
Markings	unpainted (tower), green (lantern)
Operator	French lighthouses and sea-marks service
Heritage	classified historical monument
Light
First lit	19 June 1954
Focal height	60 m (200 ft)
Range	24 nmi (44 km; 28 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 5s
Original light
Constructed	1866, 1867, 6 August 1869
Construction	cast iron, puddled iron
Height	58 m (190 ft)
Operator	French lighthouses and sea-marks service
First lit	15 December 1868
Deactivated	August 1944
Characteristic	Fl W 4s

Roches-Douvres Light is an active lighthouse in Côtes-d'Armor, France built atop a 5-story elliptical stone dwelling.^[1] At a height of 213 feet (65 m)^[2] it is the eleventh-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.^[3]

It is located on the Roches-Douvres, a very dangerous reef, completely covered at high tide but exposed at low tide, between the islands of Brehat and Guernsey in the English Channel. It is claimed to be the waveswept lighthouse farthest from mainland in Europe, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) off the French coast. The location is accessible only by boat in very rough seas. Both the site and the tower are closed to the public.