Eluanbi Lighthouse
Eluanbi Lighthouse (Chinese: 鵝鑾鼻燈塔; pinyin: Éluánbí Dēngtǎ) is a lighthouse in Kenting National Park, Taiwan. It is on Cape Eluanbi, which is the southernmost place in Taiwan. Cape Eluanbi is in Pingtung County. The lighthouse is managed by the Customs Administration of the Ministry of Finance. The lighthouse is built between the Pacific Ocean and the Taiwan Strait and it faces toward the Luzon Strait. The lighthouse is open to the public for the whole year. The lighthouse is sometimes called "The Light of East Asia", because its intensity is very powerful.
 Eluanbi Lighthouse | |
  Taiwan | |
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| Location | Eluanbi Hengchun Pingtung County Taiwan |
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| Coordinates | 21°54′08″N 120°51′09″E / 21.902282°N 120.852622°E |
| Year first constructed | 1882 |
| Foundation | concrete and granite |
| Construction | cast iron tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white tower, black lantern dome |
| Tower height | 21.4 m (70 ft) (five floors) |
| Focal height | 56.4 m (185 ft) |
| Original lens | Fourth order fresnel |
| Intensity | 1,800,000 candela |
| Range | 27.2 nautical miles (50.4 km; 31.3 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s. |
| Admiralty number | P4602 |
| NGA number | 13768 |
| ARLHS number | TAI-018 |
| Managing agent | Kenting National Park[1] [2] |
History
changeEluanbi Lighthouse was built in 1883. It was built by the Qing Dynasty. It was built because a lot of accidents happened in this area. Ships crashed into the reefs in the waters nearby. The Qing Dynasty wanted to prevent accidents like the Rover Incident. W. F. Spindey, who was an English architect that was part of the Royal Geographical Society was hired to build this lighthouse. The lighthouse is the only one in Taiwan that is armed.[3][4] It has a trench around it and a lot of gun holes in the wall. This was needed because many of the local Aboriginal people raided the lighthouse a lot.
After the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Taiwan became a part of the Empire of Japan. Damage on the lighthouse from the First Sino-Japanese War was fixed in 1898 by the Japanese. In World War II, the lighthouse became damaged again during the Aerial Battle of Taiwan-Okinawa.
The lighthouse was rebuilt in 1962. It still works and is a historical monument in Kenting National Park. Next to the lighthouse there is also a memorial of the "Taiwan Eight Magnificent Sceneries".
References
change- ↑ "Eluanbi". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ Eluan Pi Lighthouse[permanent dead link] Maritime and Port Bureau
- ↑ "Eluan Pi Lighthouse". Maritime and Port Bureau. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "鵝鑾鼻燈塔". 鵝鑾鼻燈塔 (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- Su-fang Li, "The Lighthouses in Taiwan", Yuan-zu Culture Publ. Inc., Taipei county, Taiwan, 2002, pp. 126–131. ISBN 957-28031-2-3 (in Chinese)
- Lun-hui Yue, "Ocean Navigator-The Fair of Taiwan Lighthouses", Kaohsiung History Museum, Kaohsiung, 2000, pp. 83–86. ISBN 957-02-7455-7 (in Chinese)
- Customs, Ministry of Finance of Taiwan, "The Concise History of the Republic of China Customs", Taipei, 1998. ISBN 957-00-4861-1 (in Chinese)
Other websites
change- Kenting National Park (Taiwan) Archived 2008-12-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
- Eluanbi Lighthouse-Directorate General of Customs (Taiwan) Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine (in English and Chinese)
- Eluanbi Lighthouse (Taiwan) (in Chinese)
- Maritime and Port Bureau MOTC
