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Cap Miné Lighthouse

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In 1895 a simple metal tower was constructed on a square concrete baseThe caretaker Mr Bemitambo lives with his family in one of the rooms in the adjacent building. Later this tower was reconstructed into a brick-built 14-metre high octagonal towerMr Bemitambo is very passionate about his work and enjoys to explain to visitors who are interested the technology as well as takes them up the lighthouse. A Sautter-Harle mechanism ensures spiral staircase leads up to the rotation of top where it is possible to walk around the lenslighthouse on a narrow view platform. The focal plane There is 47 metres. At an interval a magnificent 360° view onto the passage of 15 seconds three white flashes stream up to 14 metres. In 2009 the lighthouse was completely renovated [[Diego Suarez Bay]], [[Emerald Sea]], the Indian Ocean and is now powered by solar panelsthe hinterlands of northern Madagascar.
The caretaker Mr Bemitambo lives with his family in one of the rooms in the adjacent building. Mr Bemitambo is very passionate about his work and enjoys to explain to visitors who are interested the technology as well as takes them up the lighthouse. A spiral staircase leads up to the top where it is possible to walk around the lighthouse on a narrow view platform. There is a magnificent 360° view onto the passage of the [[Diego Suarez BayFile:Cap_Mine_Lighthouse_014.jpg|600px]], [[Emerald Sea]], the Indian Ocean and the hinterlands of northern Madagascar.
Close to the lighthouse are some canons and other remains of defense constructions as well as the beautiful [[Baie des Dunes]] and [[Baie des Pigeons]].
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Cap Miné Lighthouse
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Another, much smaller lighthouse can be found northwest of * View all [[Cap Miné, located just offshore ORANGEA beach. This lighthouse has a focal plane of 11 metres and streams a continous red light. The octagonal concrete tower is 11 metres high. Lighthouse photos]]
<googlemap version="0Another, much smaller lighthouse can be found northwest of Cap Miné, located just offshore ORANGEA beach.9" lat="-12This lighthouse has a focal plane of 11 metres and streams a continuous red light.22953" lon="49.357452" zoom="16" controls="large">-12.229121, 49The octagonal concrete tower is 11 metres high.356288Small Lighthouse</googlemap>
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