Amédée Lighthouse

The Amédée Lighthouse is an iron lighthouse located on Amédée Island in , 24 kilometres from on . The metal components were made by Rigolet in North-East Paris in 1862 and the tower was constructed in as a demonstration.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse on Amédée Island in Nouméa lagoon, New Caledonia, built in 1865
  • Also known as: “Amedee lighthouse”, “Amedee Lighthouse”, “Amédée lighthouse”, “Amedeevuurtoren”, “Faro Amedee”, “Le Phare Amédée”, and “Phare Amedée”

Amédée Lighthouse

Latitude
-22.47737° or 22° 28′ 39″ south
Longitude
166.46799° or 166° 28′ 5″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
5V98GFF9+35
Open­Street­Map ID
way 853245460
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
11612013
Wiki­data ID
Q2039568
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Amédée Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Amédée itsasargia”
  • Chinese: “阿梅代燈塔”
  • Dutch: “Amedee vuurtoren”
  • Dutch: “Amédéevuurtoren”
  • French: “phare Amédée”
  • French: “Phare Amédée”
  • German: “Phare Amédée”
  • Japanese: “アメデ灯台”
  • Romanian: “Farul Amédée”
  • Russian: “Маяк Амедэ”
  • Slovenian: “svetilnik Amédée”
  • Spanish: “Faro Amédée”
  • Thai: “ประภาคารอาเมเด”
  • Ukrainian: “Маяк Амеде”

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