Kereon Lighthouse
The Kéréon Lighthouse is a French lighthouse on the reef of Men Tensel between Ushant and Molène in the Fromveur Passage in the Iroise Sea, Brittany.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Finistère, France
- Also known as: “Kereon lighthouse”, “Kéréon lighthouse”, “Kéréon Lighthouse”, and “Men Tensel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pen-ar-Lan stone circle and Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Espérance de Kerber.
Pen-ar-Lan stone circle
Archaeological site
Pen-ar-Lan stone circle is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km north of Kereon Lighthouse.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Espérance de Kerber
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Molène.
Molène
Molène or Molene is an island in the Atlantic off the west coast of Brittany in northwestern France. It is the largest of Molène or Molene Archipelago, a group of about 20 islands in the Ponant Isles. an archipelago of twenty islands.Kereon Lighthouse
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brittany, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.43738° or 48° 26′ 15″ north
Longitude
-5.02569° or 5° 1′ 33″ west
Inception
20th century
Height
45 metres (148 feet)
Open location code
8CWPCXPF+XP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Kereon Lighthouse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Breton to Turkish—“Kereon Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Tour-tan Kereon”
- Czech: “Maják Kéréon”
- Dutch: “Phare de Kéréon”
- Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Kereon”
- Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Kéréon”
- French: “phare de Kéréon”
- French: “Phare de Kéréon”
- German: “Phare de Kéréon”
- Italian: “Faro di Kéreon”
- Spanish: “Faro de Kereon”
- Spanish: “Faro de Kéréon”
- Turkish: “Kéréon Deniz Feneri”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Men Tensel and Kastell ar Moulleged.
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