Farol de Dona Amélia Ponta Machado | |
Location: | near São Pedro São Vicente Cape Verde |
Coordinates: | 16.8266°N -25.0853°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1894 |
Construction: | masonry tower |
Shape: | square tower with balcony and lantern rising from one-story keeper's house |
Marking: | white tower |
Height: | 14m (46feet) |
Focalheight: | 56m (184feet) |
Characteristic: | Fl W 5s. |
Country: | Cape Verde |
Countrynumber: | PT-2020 |
Farol de D. Amélia (also: farol da ponta Machado, Ponta Machado Lighthouse) is a lighthouse in the southwestern point of the island of São Vicente in northwestern Cape Verde. It lies 3 km west of the village of São Pedro. The lighthouse is a white square tower with a lantern and a gallery, 14 m high. The lighthouse was completed in 1894.[1]