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The Petit Minou Lighthouse (Phare du Petit Minou) is a lighthouse in the roadstead of Brest, standing in front of the Fort du Petit Minou, in the commune of Plouzané. By aligning it with the Phare du Portzic , it shows the safe route to follow for ships to enter the roadstead. [ 1 ]
Phare du Petit Minou. Le Minou is the site of a popular surfing beach and a lighthouse at the entrance to Brest harbor in France. It is part of the commune of Plouzané, on the north side of the Goulet de Brest. "Le Minou" means "pussy cat" in French. Le Minou is the site of the landfall of the first French transatlantic telegraph cable in 1869.
Petit Minou Lighthouse: Atlantic Ocean: Finistère: Roadstead of Brest: 1848 Together with the Phare du Portzic, Petit Minou Lighthouse forms a range of lights into the roadstead. [7] Phare du Portzic: Atlantic Ocean: Finistère: Roadstead of Brest
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Petit Jean #4 (3CH125) is a pictograph depicting a beaver. [8] Petit Jean #5 (3CN126) is a highly abstract pictograph where it is unclear exactly what it represents. [9] Petit Jean #6 (3CN127) has rayed pictographs that are stylistically similar to those found in the Pictograph Cave in Stone County, a connection that is not well understood. [10]
This is a list of lighthouses in Hawaii. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Fifteen lighthouses in Hawaii are associated with the U.S. Coast Guard. [ 3 ] Including minor lights, there are 43 lights in total.
Little Sable Point is in Silver Lake State Park, close to Mears, Michigan. The lighthouse parking lot is off of N. Lighthouse Dr. Take Silver Lake Road to its south end, where one will find N. Lighthouse Dr. Follow it a little over a mile. "It has an excellent swimming beach and Lake Michigan produces some great sunsets."
By popular vote of Maine residents, the lighthouse was chosen to be featured in the Maine quarter, [6] the 23rd in the 50 State Quarters Program issued by the U.S. Mint. Also depicted is a 3-masted schooner intended to resemble the Victory Chimes. Exposed bedrock descends from the lighthouse to the ocean creating a unique, scenic landscape. The ...