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Mutsurejima Lighthouse
六連島灯台
Mutsurejima Lighthouse 
Location Mutsurejima, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan Coordinates 33°58′41″N 130°52′4.5″E / 33.97806°N 130.867917°E Year first lit 1872 Construction Granite Markings / pattern White Height 10.6 metres (35 ft) Focal height 27.9 metres (92 ft) Range 15.5 nautical miles (28.7 km; 17.8 mi) Characteristic Fl. W10s Japan number 5537[F5334] Mutsurejima Lighthouse (六連島灯台 mutsurejima tōdai) is a lighthouse on the island of Mutsurejima, which is administered by Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan .
History
The lighthouse was first lit in 1872, and was designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan at the beginning of the Meiji period to help construct lighthouses to make it safe for foreign ships.
Lighthouses of Japan Early Meiji lighthouses
(Léonce Verny)Kannonzaki Lighthouse (1869) • Nojimazaki Lighthouse (1869)• Shinagawa Lighthouse (1870) • Jōgashima Lighthouse (1870)
Later Meiji lighthouses
(“Brunton’s Children”)Kashinozaki Lighthouse (1870) • Tsurugisaki Lighthouse (1871) • Esaki Lighthouse (1871) • Hesaki Lighthouse (1871) • Mikomotoshima Lighthouse (1871) • Irōzaki Lighthouse (1871) • Iojimazaki Lighthouse (1871) • Satamisaki Lighthouse (1871) • Nosappumisaki Lighthouse (1872) • Tomogashima Lighthouse (1872) • Mutsurejima Lighthouse (1872) • Shirasu Lighthouse (1873) • Sugashima Lighthouse (1873) • Anorisaki Lighthouse (1873) • Tsurushima Lighthouse (1873) • Shionomisaki Lighthouse (1873) • Inubōsaki Lighthouse (1874) • Omaezaki Lighthouse (1874) • Eboshijima Lighthouse (1875) • Shiriyazaki Lighthouse (1876) • Kinkasan Lighthouse (1876) • Tsunoshima Lighthouse (1876) •Taisho period lighthouses Sunosaki Lighthouse (1919) • Nomazaki Lighthouse (1921)Modern lighthouses Yokohama Marine Tower (1961)Categories:- Lighthouses in Japan
- Lighthouse stubs
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