Raffles Lighthouse

Infobox_Lighthouse

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location = Pulau Satumu, Singapore
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yearbuilt = 1855
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shape = White round tower
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height = 29 m
elevation = 32 m
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range = Visible for 20 nautical miles
characteristic = Three white flashes every 20 seconds
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NGA = 21500
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Raffles Lighthouse (Chinese: 莱佛士灯塔; Malay: "Rumah Api Raffles") is a lighthouse located in the Straits of Singapore, about 14 kilometres south of the main island of Singapore.

The Raffles Lighthouse was first mooted in 1833, but the foundation stone was only laid in 1854 when William John Butterworth was the Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843 to 1855. The stones on which Raffles Lighthouse stands come from the granite quarries on Pulau Ubin. The lighthouse was named after Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore in 1819.

The lighthouse was erected on a 1.3-hectare rocky island called Pulau Satumu, the southernmost off-shore island of Singapore. Pulau Satumu means "one tree island" — "sa" refers to "satu" (one) and "tumu" is the Malay name for the large mangrove tree, "Bruguiera confugata".

The lighthouse comprises a 29 metre tall white round tower granite structure with a lamp that can emit three white flashes every 20 seconds, visible for 20 nautical miles (37 km).

ee also

*History of Singapore
*List of countries by southernmost point

=Panoramic

References

*Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), "Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names", Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1

External links

* [http://infopedia.nlb.gov.sg/articles/SIP_147_2005-01-18.html Singapore Infopedia: Raffles Lighthouse]
* [http://www.lhdepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=3698 Lighthouse Depot: Raffles Lighthouse] (with photo)
* [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=1.159837,103.741107&spn=0.007702,0.01605&t=k&om=1 Satellite image of Raffles Lighthouse and Pulau Satumu]
* [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/sgp.htm Lighthouse Directory:SGP]
* [http://wlol.arlhs.com/index.php?mode=zones&zone=SIN Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society World List of Lights (WLOL): Singapore]