Araranguá Lighthouse Explained

Araranguá
Morros dos Conventos
Location:Araranguá
Brazil
Coordinates:-28.9347°N -49.3625°W
Yearbuilt:1953
Foundation:concrete base
Construction:concrete and skeletal tower
Shape:skeletal tower atop a cylindrical tower with four buttresses[1]
Marking:white concrete tower with a horizontal black band
Height:8m (26feet)
Focalheight:85m (279feet)
Characteristic:Fl (3) W 20s.
Country:Brazil
Countrynumber:BR-3960

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.[1] 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 . The lighthouse is managed by Brazilian Navy and is identified by the country code number BR-3960.

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Notes and References

  1. 1 July 2017.