Bahía de Caráquez Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Bahía de Caráquez Lighthouse
This concrete lighthouse stands 9 meters tall at the entrance to the Río Chone estuary in Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador. The square tower is painted with red and white horizontal bands. Its light emits a single white flash every 10 seconds. The geographic range of the light is 10 nautical miles. While the site is open for visitors, the tower itself is closed to the public. This navigational aid is located near the tip of the peninsula where the town is situated.
Why it matters: This light guides vessels into the Río Chone estuary and supports maritime activities in the popular beach resort town of Bahía de Caráquez.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 10s
- Focal Height
- 9m
- Geographic Range
- 10NM
Location
- City
- Bahía de Caráquez
- Country
- 🇪🇨Ecuador
- Region
- Manabí
- Sea Region
- Located at Bahía de Caráquez, a beach resort town at the entrance to the estuary of the Río Chone, just off the beach near the tip of the peninsula on which the town is built.
- Latitude
- -0.5948°
- Longitude
- -80.4238°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Bahia De Caraquez(6.1 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G3085.5
- NGA No.
- 0326
- ARLHS No.
- ECU-010
Nearby Ports
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 9m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- concrete
Structure: concrete tower, painted white with orange stripes
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Bahía de Caráquez على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Ecuador، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.