Emine
EMINE LTHO, GPS 42°42.08'N; 027°54.00'E
Cape Emine Lighthouse was lit on 15 December 1880. Its construction was the work of the French lighthouse construction and maintenance company of the Turkish Empire, "Collas &Michel". The lighthouse was erected just two kilometres from the village of Emona. The tower is white, round, 9 m high. Next to it is a building for the lighthouse keepers. The fire is 64 m above sea level and is visible from a distance of 21 nautical miles. It then glows with a white light flashing every 10 seconds. Its optics are "Barbier & Fenestre", made in France, of the fifth grade, revolving.
The lighthouse was modernized in 1932 when the optics were changed to "Julius Pintsch" - oil gas, without changing the characteristic of the lighthouse. In the late 1930s a weather station was also established there, manned by lighthouse keepers. In 1961 the lighthouse was electrified with a new optical mechanism "EMN - 500", USSR. At that time new premises were built for the lighthouse keepers, emergency diesel units were provided. Since 1962, a radio beacon type "KRM - 100", Soviet manufacture, with call signs "EI" and with a range of 150 nautical miles, has been in operation.
Currently, the light of the Emine beacon is white, flashing every 6 s (light 1.5 s, dark 4.5 s) with a sector of action of 360°. The light signal is visible at 20 nautical miles. The last update of the lighthouse optics was carried out in August 2014, when a photovoltaic (solar) panel "SM - 20P2" was installed: a circular LED illuminator with autonomous power supply.
