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.Photo: Julien Carnot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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 Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Espérance de Kerber.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Espérance de Kerber
Church
Photo: Rundvald, Public domain.
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Espérance de Kerber is a church, which is situated 4 km northwest of Kereon Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Molène.
Molène
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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″ northLongitude
-5.02569° or 5° 1′ 33″ westInception
20th centuryHeight
45 metres (148 feet)Open location code
8CWPCXPF+XPOpenStreetMap ID
way 627188299OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q971002
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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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