Kinkasan Lighthouse

Kinkasan Lighthouse is a lighthouse on , an island off the in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, . The Kinkasan Lighthouse was one of 26 lighthouses designed and built in Meiji period Japan by the British engineer Richard Henry Brunton.
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  • Lighthouse
  • …lies at an elevation of 32 metres (105 feet)
  • Description: lighthouse in Japan
  • Historically known as
    “Kinka San Light”
    “Kinkuwa San Light”
  • Established: November 1, 1876

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kinkasan and Koganeyama Shrine (Ishinomaki).

Photo: Satoh Junpei, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small mountainous island at the tip of the Oshika Peninsula, part of City.

Shinto shrine
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Kinkasan Lighthouse.

Kinkasan Lighthouse

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Latitude
38.27659° or 38° 16′ 36″ north
Longitude
141.58406° or 141° 35′ 3″ east
Open location code
8RC37HGM+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4520597005
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
9859042
Wiki­data ID
Q6413910

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Kinkasan Lighthouse” goes by many names.

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