Location: | Sandbore Caye Belize |
Coordinates: | 17.4644°N -87.4882°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1886 (first), 1931 (second) |
Construction: | metal skeletal tower |
Shape: | square pyramidal tower with balcony |
Marking: | red tower and a white upper band, white balcony |
Height: | 25m (82feet) (current) 20m (70feet) (first) 21m (69feet) (second) |
Focalheight: | 25m (82feet) (current) |
Characteristic: | Fl W 10s. |
Sandbore Caye lighthouse is a lighthouse located at the north end of the Lighthouse Reef at from Belize City, Belize.[1]
The station on Sandbore Caye was established in 1886 building the first lighthouse formed by a skeletal tower 20m (70feet) high replaced in 1931 with a similar one higher. The current light has a skeletal square truncated tower with balcony and a focal height of 25m (82feet); it emits a white flash every 10 seconds.