A navy patrol boat (a Namacurra) passes Roman Rock lighthouse in False Bay
The South African coastline stretches along a length of about 2800 kilometres (1740 miles) starting on one side at the border of Namibia in desert type conditions on the cold Atlantic Ocean side of it. From there it heads south down to the most southern point of Africa. From there it heads back north up to the border of Mozambique in a sub-tropical climate on the warmer Indian Ocean side.
It is therefore obviously a no brainer that there are a number of lighthouses along this coastline (45 in total). There are three in close proximity to where I live in Muizenberg in the Cape Peninsula.
For today I am going to focus on Roman Rock lighthouse which is in False Bay where my seaside home town is about 9.4 kilometres (5 miles) away.
Roman Rock lighthouse is totally surrounded by sea and what makes it pretty unique is that it is the only lighthouse in South Africa built on one rock (a pretty dam large one I must say) and there are only a few similar scenarios around the world.
It was first commissioned in 1861 after taking four years to build of which only 96 days were calm sea days during the period.
Roman Rock is situated fairly closely to the entrance of the historical navy port of Simonstown and the lighthouse was only electrified in 1992 at the request of the South African Navy.
The above photo serves as my entry to the #seaphotography contest week 199 - Free ......... as a fishing boat passes Roman Rock lighthouse with the Hottentots Holland mountain range in the background. Thanks for everything in this community Marc.
All photos used were taken by myself
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