Touriñán Lighthouse
The Touriñán Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Muxía, province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The current lighthouse is the second to be constructed at Cabo Touriñán a rocky headland on the Costa da Morte.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Basotxerri, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Spain
- Also known as: “Cabo Torinana Lighthouse”, “Faro de Cabo Tourinan”, “Faro de Cabo Touriñán”, “Faro Novo de Cabo Touriñán”, “Faro Touriñán”, and “Lighthouse of Touriñán”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Igrexa de San Martiño de Touriñán.
Igrexa de San Martiño de Touriñán
Church
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.
Igrexa de San Martiño de Touriñán is a church, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Touriñán Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Queiroso and A Grixa.
Queiroso
Hamlet
Photo: German Rodal, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Queiroso is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km southeast of Touriñán Lighthouse.
A Grixa
Hamlet
Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A Grixa is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km east of Touriñán Lighthouse.
A Grixa
Hamlet
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.
A Grixa is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km southeast of Touriñán Lighthouse.
Touriñán Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Muxía, A Coruña, Galicia, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.05338° or 43° 3′ 12″ northLongitude
-9.29815° or 9° 17′ 53″ westElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Inception
1981Height
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
8CMG3P32+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 660132866OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
12089077Wikidata ID
Q12268090
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Touriñán Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Touriñan lurmuturreko itsasargia”
- Bosnian: “Svjetionik Touriñán”
- French: “phare du Cap Touriñán”
- French: “Phare du Cap Touriñán”
- Galician: “faro de cabo Touriñán”
- Galician: “Faro de cabo Touriñán”
- Spanish: “Faro Toriñana”
- Spanish: “Faro Touriñán”
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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 “Touriñán Lighthouse”. Photo: Basotxerri, CC BY-SA 4.0.