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Araranguá Lighthouse

Coordinates: 28°56′05″S 49°21′45″W / 28.93472°S 49.36250°W / -28.93472; -49.36250
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Araranguá
Morros dos Conventos
Map
LocationAraranguá
Brazil
Coordinates28°56′05″S 49°21′45″W / 28.93472°S 49.36250°W / -28.93472; -49.36250
Tower
Constructed1953
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionconcrete and skeletal tower
Height8 metres (26 ft)[1]
Shapeskeletal tower atop a cylindrical tower with four buttresses[2]
Markingswhite concrete tower with a horizontal black band
Light
Focal height85 metres (279 ft)[1]
Range25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi)[1]
CharacteristicFl (3) W 20s.[1]
Brazil no.BR-3960[2]

Araranguá Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Araranguá, Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean.

History

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It was built in 1953 on a rocky bluff named Morros dos Conventos nearby the beach.[2] 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 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi). The lighthouse is managed by Brazilian Navy and is identified by the country code number BR-3960.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
  2. ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Brazil". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
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