Arenas Blancas Lighthouse

Arenas Blancas Lighthouse

Arenas Blancas Lighthouse
Canary Islands
Location Villa de Mazo
La Palma
Canary island
Spain
Coordinates 28°34′12″N 17°45′38″W / 28.569951°N 17.760458°W / 28.569951; -17.760458Coordinates: 28°34′12″N 17°45′38″W / 28.569951°N 17.760458°W / 28.569951; -17.760458
Year first constructed 1993
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with a spherical roof
Markings / pattern white tower
Height 38 metres (125 ft)
Focal height 46 metres (151 ft)
Light source mains power
Range 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi)
Admiralty number D2849.51
NGA number 23798
ARLHS number CAI-002
Spain number ES-13025
Managing agent Comisión de faros[1]

The Arenas Blancas Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Arenas Blancas) is an active lighthouse on the Canary island of La Palma in the municipality of Villa de Mazo, near the village of La Salemera. The larger settlement of Mazo lies 8 km to the north-west.[2]

It is one of four main lighthouses on La Palma, each one marking a different quadrant of the island. The modern lighthouses of Arenas Blancas and Punta Lava are located on the eastern and western sides of the island. The lighthouses at Punta Cumplida and Fuencaliente are situated on the northern and southern points.[3]

Description

The need for the lighthouse was identified in the third maritime lighting plan for the Canaries in 1989, as a navigation aid for coastal shipping on the east coast of the island.[4] It first entered service in 1993, and stands on a cliff around eight metres above sea level, next to the Atlantic Ocean which gives the lantern a focal height of 65 metres (213 ft). The light has a range of 20 nautical miles, and has an occulting light characteristic which consists of a pattern of three flashes of white light every eight seconds.[2][5]

The white cylindrical tower with a curved tip is considered to be of a "striking modern" design. The 38-metre-high (125 ft) concrete tower has fluted sides, with the light shining from a horizontal opening on the seaward side.[2]

The lighthouse is operated and maintained by the port authority of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is registered under the international number D2849.51 and has the national identifier of 13025.[2]

Map

Arenas Blancas
Map showing the lighthouses of Arenas Blancas

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arenas Blancas The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 27, 2016
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Spain: Canary Islands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Griffes; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (1 October 2009). NGA Sailing Directions-Enroute: 2008 West Coast of Europe and Northwest Africa (11th Edition). ProStar Publications. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-57785-885-0.
  4. ↑ "Los faros que alumbran et Atlantico" (in Spanish). teldeactualidad.com. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. ↑ List of Lights, Pub. 113, The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2013. p. 415.

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