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Cordouan Lighthouse

Cordouan lighthouse is an active lighthouse located 7 kilometres at sea, near the mouth of the in . At a height of 67.5 metres, it is the tenth-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Île Sans Nom.

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The , also known as the Île Mystérieuse or Tahiti, is an island in the in south-west France. It appeared after the 2009 Cyclone Klaus led to increased deposition of sediment and lies near the historic Cordouan Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Soulac-sur-Mer and Le Verdon-sur-Mer.

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is a small town and beach resort in , . In July and August it is crowded with ten of thousands of tourists, mainly French, some Dutch, some German and some from the UK.

Village
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is a commune in the department in in southwestern . is situated 10 km southeast of Cordouan Lighthouse.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 10 km north of Cordouan Lighthouse.

Cordouan Lighthouse

Latitude
45.58632° or 45° 35′ 11″ north
Longitude
-1.17333° or 1° 10′ 24″ west
Height
68 metres (221 feet)
Open location code
8CQWHRPG+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 100219438
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12808684
Wiki­data ID
Q199234
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Satellite Map

Discover Cordouan Lighthouse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Cordouan Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منارة كوردوان”
  • Armenian: “Կորդուանի փարոս”
  • Basque: “Cordouango itsasargia”
  • Catalan: “far de Cordouan”
  • Catalan: “Far de Cordouan”
  • Chinese: “科尔杜昂灯塔”
  • Croatian: “Svjetionik Cordouan”
  • Czech: “Maják Cordouan”
  • Dutch: “Cordouan Lighthouse”
  • Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Cordouan”
  • Esperanto: “Lumturo Cordouan”
  • Estonian: “Cordouani tuletorn”
  • Finnish: “Cordouanin majakka”
  • French: “Cordouan”
  • French: “phare de Cordouan”
  • French: “Phare de Cordouan”
  • Galician: “Faro de Cordouan”
  • German: “Cordouan”
  • German: “Leuchtturm von Cordouan”
  • German: “Phare de Cordouan”
  • Greek: “Κορντουάν”
  • Greek: “Φάρος του Κορντουάν”
  • Hebrew: “מגדלור קורדואן”
  • Italian: “Faro di Cordouan”
  • Japanese: “コルドゥアン灯台”
  • Lithuanian: “Korduano švyturys”
  • Maltese: “Fanal ta‘ Cordouan”
  • Maltese: “Fanal ta’ Cordouan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cordouan fyr”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cordouan fyr”
  • Norwegian: “Cordouan fyr”
  • Persian: “فانوس دریایی کوردوان”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska Cordouan”
  • Portuguese: “Farol de Cordouan”
  • Russian: “Кордуанский маяк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Svjetionik Cordouan”
  • Spanish: “Faro de Cordouan”
  • Swedish: “Cordouan”
  • Turkish: “Cordouan Denizfeneri”
  • Ukrainian: “Кордуанський маяк”
  • Vietnamese: “Hải đăng Cordouan”

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