GALATA LTHO, GPS 43°10.21'N; 027°56.70'E

The Galata Cape Lighthouse was opened on 15 August 1863. It was built by the Collas & Michel Company. When in operation, the lighthouse emitted a steady white light which was visible at a distance of 12 nautical miles. Its tower is 50 m above sea level.

A new lighthouse was designed in 1910. The new reinforced concrete tower was built further inland - 42 m from the bow end. The lighthouse began to emit light signals on 15 December 1913, its optics were manufactured by "Barbier, Bénard & Turenne" and were of the third grade.

In 1932 a nautophone was installed and in 1938 the lighthouse was electrified. In 1939, the nautophone was replaced by a new "Julius Pintsch" sound-signal installation. It was installed the following year in 1940 and operated with a diesel engine. In 1987 the optics were replaced by a new one, the "ASA-500M".

In 1998 landslide processes left the light tower and the building on the edge above the sea. The remains of the first lighthouse tower, built in 1863, were destroyed and ended up in the sea waters. Therefore, the construction of a new lighthouse was undertaken, further inland from the dangerous coast. The new lighthouse was opened on 11 July 2001. Its tower is 21 m high and the fire is 77 m above sea level. Visibility from the sea is 22 nautical miles. The lighthouse is different in architecture from its predecessors -an octagonal concrete tower of white and beige vertical stripes. Its characteristic is: for 15 sec - light 0,5 sec, darkness 1,5 sec, light 0,5 sec, darkness 2,0 sec, light 0,5 sec, darkness 10,0 sec (three flashes and pauses in intervals of 5 sec).

The "Julius Pintsch", type D-5, nautophone is still in operation. It emits the letter "V" (Varna) in Morse code (the duration of the signal is 30 sec: sound - 2.0 sec, silence 1.0 sec, sound 4.0 sec, silence 1.0 sec, sound 4.0 sec, silence 18.0 sec and is triggered in reduced visibility below 30 cubic meters. Depending on the saturation of the atmosphere with water (fog, rain or snow), the minimum audibility of the signal is 2 nautical miles.