Tamentfoust
Shown within Algeria | |
Alternative name | Rusguniae La Pérouse |
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Location | Algeria |
Region | Algiers Province |
Coordinates | 36°45′00″N 5°04′00″E / 36.75°N 5.066667°E |
Cap Matifou Lighthouse | |
Coordinates | 36°48′42.2″N 3°14′43.29″E / 36.811722°N 3.2453583°E |
Constructed | 1868 |
Foundation | masonry base |
Construction | masonry tower |
Tower height | 6 metres (20 ft) |
Tower shape | quadrangular tower with balcony and light attached to 1-storey keeper’s house |
Markings | white tower |
Operator | Office Nationale de Signalisation Maritime |
Focal height | 74 metres (243 ft)[1] |
Light source | main power |
Range | 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)[1] |
Characteristic | Fl (3) W 15s.[1] |
Admiralty no. | E6594 |
NGA no. | 22368 |
ARLHS no. | ALG-014[2] |
Tamentfoust (Arabic: تمنتفوست), the classical Rusguniae and colonial La Pérouse, is a site in the Dar El Beïda District of Algiers in Algeria.
Geography[]
Tamentfoust lies on , which forms the northeast side of the .
Names[]
The Roman name Rusguniae is a latinization of the Punic name RŠGNY (