Ambergris Caye Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Ambergris Caye Lighthouse
This skeletal tower, standing 40 meters tall and featuring red and white horizontal bands, emits a red flash every 5 seconds. Its focal plane is 16 meters above the water, providing a geographic range of 12.2 nautical miles. The structure is a triangular communications tower. The site is accessible to the public, but the tower itself is closed. It is located behind the police station in San Pedro Town, serving as a landfall marker for Ambergris Caye.
Why it matters: This light functions as a landfall marker for Ambergris Caye, a 40 km long barrier island and popular resort.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- Red
- Interval
- 5s
- Raw Code
- Fl R 5s
- Focal Height
- 16m
- Geographic Range
- 12.2NM
Location
- City
- San Pedro Town
- Country
- 🇧🇿Belize
- Region
- Belize District
- Sea Region
- Ambergris Caye, a 40 km long barrier island and popular beach resort accessible by planes or ferries from Belize City. The light serves as a landfall marker for the island and is located behind the police station in the center of town.
- Latitude
- 17.9219°
- Longitude
- -87.9609°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Caye caulker(11.3 km)
- Admiralty No.
- J5930.5.
- ARLHS No.
- BLZ-014
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 40m
- Tower Shape
- skeletal
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
Structure: triangular communications tower painted with red and white horizontal bands
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Ambergris Caye على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Belize، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.