WV5447 : La Corbière lighthouse
La Corbière lighthouse
La Corbière is first recorded as a place name as early as 1309, meaning 'place of the Ravens'.
The 10-metre high lighthouse was the world's first concrete lighthouse, it was designed by Sir John Coode and completed in November 1873.
The 10-metre high lighthouse was the world's first concrete lighthouse, it was designed by Sir John Coode and completed in November 1873.
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year taken
2015
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- WV5447, 24 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Richard Croft (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Tuesday, 21 April, 2015 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 5 May, 2015
- Category
- Lighthouse (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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MGRS:
WV 5465 4773 [10m precision]
WGS84: 49:10.7965N 2:15.0072W - Photographer Location
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MGRS: WV 5469 4771
- View Direction
- West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
