latitude 46° 41' 36" N
longitude 2° 17' 42" W
It was constructed in 1950 to replace an earlier tower destroyed during World War II. Along with the Île d'Yeu lighthouse, it is one of two lighthouses on the island to have been designed by Maurice Durand; construction of both was completed in the same year.
located on the eponymous point on the Île d'Yeu which is at the extreme southwestern end of the island. (D 1186)
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