Creach Point Light

Phare du Créac'h or Kreac'h lighthouse or Créac'h lighthouse is a lighthouse in , . It is the most powerful in Europe and one of the most powerful in the world.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Finistère, France
  • Also known as: Créac’h lighthouse”, “Créac’h Lighthouse”, “Lighthouse Créac’h”, and “Phare du Creach

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Musée des Phares et Balises (Ouessant Island, France) and Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Voyage d’Ouessant.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a museum.

Church
Photo: Rundvald, Public domain.
is a church, which is situated 550 metres south of Creach Point Light.

Lighthouse
Photo: Cribegh, Public domain.
is one of five major lighthouses on in Brittany. The others are the Phare du Créac'h, the Stiff lighthouse, Kéréon and . is situated 2 km southwest of Creach Point Light.

Creach Point Light

Latitude
48.4592° or 48° 27′ 33″ north
Longitude
-5.12901° or 5° 7′ 44″ west
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Height
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
8CWPFV5C+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 282723238
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
11594291
Wiki­data ID
Q1272235
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Swedish—“Creach Point Light” goes by many names.
  • Breton: Tour-tan ar C’hreac’h
  • Chinese: 克雷阿赫灯塔
  • Dutch: Phare du Creach
  • Dutch: Vuurtoren van Creac’h
  • Dutch: Vuurtoren van Créac’h
  • French: phare du Créac’h
  • French: Phare du Créac’h
  • German: Phare du Créac’h
  • Italian: Faro di Créac’h
  • Spanish: Faro del Créac’h
  • Swedish: Phare du Créac’h

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Creach Point Light”. Photo: Folork, CC BY 3.0.