Formentor Lighthouse
The Formentor or Cap de Formentor Lighthouse is an active lighthouse on the Spanish island of Majorca. It is the highest lighthouse in the Balearic Islands with a focal height of 210 metres above sea level, located on high cliffs at the tip of Cap de Formentor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: lighthouse in Spain
- Also known as: “Cape Formentor Lighthouse”, “Far de Formentor”, and “Faro de Formentor”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include El Fumat and Cala Figuera.
El Fumat
Peak
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 3.0.
El Fumat is a peak, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Formentor Lighthouse.
Cala Figuera
Beach
Photo: espinya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cala Figuera is a beach, which is situated 3½ km west of Formentor Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fortification of Penya Roja.
Fortification of Penya Roja
Locality
Photo: Paucabot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fortification of Penya Roja is a locality, which is situated 9 km south of Formentor Lighthouse.
Formentor Lighthouse
- Categories: lighthouse and tourism
- Location: Pollença, Balearic Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.96137° or 39° 57′ 41″ northLongitude
3.21229° or 3° 12′ 44″ eastElevation
112 metres (367 feet)Inception
April 30th, 1863Open location code
8FF5X666+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 274070169OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Formentor Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “far de Formentor”
- Catalan: “Far de Formentor”
- French: “phare de Formentor”
- French: “Phare de Formentor”
- German: “Far de Formentor”
- Italian: “Faro di Cap de Formentor”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Far de Formentor”
- Norwegian: “Faro de Formentor”
- Spanish: “Faro de Formentor”
- Swedish: “Far Formentor”
- Swedish: “Faro de Formentor”
- Swedish: “Formentors fyr”
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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 “Formentor Lighthouse”. Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.