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Araranguá Brazil |
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| Coordinates | 28°56′05″S 49°21′45″W / 28.93472°S 49.36250°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1953 |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | concrete and skeletal tower |
| Height | 8 metres (26 ft) [1] |
| Shape | skeletal tower atop a cylindrical tower with four buttresses [2] |
| Markings | white concrete tower with a horizontal black band |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 85 metres (279 ft) [1] |
| Range | 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) [1] |
| Characteristic | Fl (3) W 20s. [1] |
| Brazil no. | BR-3960 [2] |
Araranguá Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Araranguá, Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean.
History
It was built in 1953 on a rocky bluff named Morros dos Conventos nearby the beach. [2] The lighthouse is a cylindrical concrete tower with four buttresses surmounted by a metal skeletal tower with the lantern on the top. The tower is white painted with a black horizontal band. The light emits three white flashes, at 3.3 seconds interval, every twenty seconds visible up to 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi). The lighthouse is managed by Brazilian Navy and is identified by the country code number BR-3960.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
- ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Brazil". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
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| Location |
Araranguá Brazil |
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| Coordinates | 28°56′05″S 49°21′45″W / 28.93472°S 49.36250°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1953 |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | concrete and skeletal tower |
| Height | 8 metres (26 ft) [1] |
| Shape | skeletal tower atop a cylindrical tower with four buttresses [2] |
| Markings | white concrete tower with a horizontal black band |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 85 metres (279 ft) [1] |
| Range | 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) [1] |
| Characteristic | Fl (3) W 20s. [1] |
| Brazil no. | BR-3960 [2] |
Araranguá Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Araranguá, Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean.
History
It was built in 1953 on a rocky bluff named Morros dos Conventos nearby the beach. [2] The lighthouse is a cylindrical concrete tower with four buttresses surmounted by a metal skeletal tower with the lantern on the top. The tower is white painted with a black horizontal band. The light emits three white flashes, at 3.3 seconds interval, every twenty seconds visible up to 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi). The lighthouse is managed by Brazilian Navy and is identified by the country code number BR-3960.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
- ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Brazil". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
External links
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| This article about a Brazilian building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |