Chumbe Lighthouse

{{Short description|Lighthouse on Tanzania's Zanzibar Island}}

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| name = Chumbe Lighthouse

| image = Chumbe island lighthouse bungalow.jpg

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| caption = Chumbe Lighthouse

| location = Chumbe Island
Zanzibar

| coordinates = {{coord|6|16|48.5|S|39|10|37.5|E|display=inline,title}}

| yearbuilt = 1904

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| construction = stone tower

| shape = 5-stage square tower with balcony and lantern

| marking = unpainted tower, white lantern

| height = {{convert|34|m}}

| focalheight = {{convert|37|m}}

| lens = 4th order Fresnel lens

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| range = {{convert|16|nmi}}{{cite ngall|112|2016}}

| characteristic = Fl W 11s.

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| managingagent = Chumbe Island Coral Park{{Cite rowlett|tza|accessdate=2016-04-18}}

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The Chumbe Lighthouse ({{langx|sw|Mnara wa Taa wa Chumbe}}) is a historic lighthouse located on Chumbe Island on Malindi ward of Mjini District in the Mjini Magharibi Region of Tanzania's Zanzibar Island.{{Cite rowlett|tza|date=12 June 2005|access-date=8 February 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=2022&bhcd2=1215545008 |title=Zanzibar's Chumbe Lighthouse Celebrates a Century of Service |last1= D'Entremont|first1= Jeremy |date=August–September 2004 |website= |publisher=Lighthouse Digest |accessdate=8 February 2014}}

See also

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{{Portal|Tanzania}}

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