The Pengchia Yu Lighthouse, completed in 1909, is located on Pengjia island, a volcanic island of the northeastern coast of Keelung. The lighthouse is a white, circular brick tower equipped with a first-order rotating Fresnel lens—the largest rotating lens currently is used in Taiwan.
Unusually, the lighthouse is built within the crater of the extinct volcano in the island, making it a rare and distinctive structure. Due to its prominent appearance, the lighthouse was targeted and bombed four times by Allied aircraft during WWII.| Lat. N(WGS84): | 25° 37' 48.5" |
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| Long. E(WGS84): | 122° 04' 49.8" |
| Light Characters: | Fl(1).W.15sec. |
| Elevation of light: | 145.4(477) |
| Nominal range: | 25.3 |
| Structure and Height: | White round brick tower 26.2(86) |
| Manned: | Yes |
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| OpenVisit: | No |
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| Remarks: | Visible all round, obscured by island, 264° - 316°, within 2 miles. |
| Position: | Summit of Pengchia Yu |
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