| Farol de Fontes Pereira de Melo Ponta de Tumbo | |
| Location: | Janela Santo Antão Cape Verde |
| Coordinates: | 17.1144°N -24.9702°W |
| Yearbuilt: | 1886 |
| Yeardeactivated: | 2006 |
| Construction: | masonry tower |
| Shape: | octagonal tower with balcony and gallery |
| Marking: | white tower and lantern |
| Height: | 16m (52feet) |
| Focalheight: | 162m (531feet) |
| Characteristic: | Fl (4) W 20s. |
| Country: | Cape Verde |
| Countrynumber: | 2008[1] |
Farol de Fontes Pereira de Melo (also: farol da ponta de Tumbo) is a lighthouse at the northeastern point of the island of Santo Antão in northwestern Cape Verde. It is situated on the headland Ponta de Tumbo, 2 km east of Janela, 6 km southeast of Pombas and 15 km northeast of Porto Novo. The lighthouse was named after Fontes Pereira de Melo, prime minister of Portugal for several times between 1871 and 1886. It is a white octagonal masonry tower, 16 meters high.[1] Its focal height is 162 meters above sea level, and its range is . The adjacent building for the lighthouse keeper is abandoned and in poor condition.[1]
October 2017 photos on Google Maps show the lighthouse is no longer there, with only underground parts of the interior and the stairwell still visiblehttps://www.google.com.au/maps/@17.1143986,-24.9702047,3a,75y,267.06h,42.27t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipON5zXdIplSZzWzC-dKjR0etDPlPGTxEuoMxJdV!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipON5zXdIplSZzWzC-dKjR0etDPlPGTxEuoMxJdV%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya7.6835427-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?hl=en.
We were there in February 2019. A beautiful (new?) lighthouse is there. It is also visible on Google maps now.
