Banco Belén Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Banco Belén Lighthouse
Also known as: Banco Belén (Belen Shoal)
Banco Belén is a cylindrical concrete and fiberglass tower, first lit in 1900, standing 11 meters tall. It displays black and yellow horizontal bands and is mounted on a concrete pier. The lighthouse emits a white flash every 10 seconds, visible for 10.7 nautical miles. The site is open to visitors arriving by boat, though the tower itself is closed to the public. It is located on a shoal in the Bahía de Concepción, approximately 1.1 kilometers from Talcahuano.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is essential for marking the submerged shoal it occupies, facilitating safe navigation for vessels entering or leaving the port of Talcahuano.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 3 flashes
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 10s
- Focal Height
- 11m
- Geographic Range
- 10.7NM
Construction & History
- First Lit
- 1900
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 11m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- black and yellow horizontal bands
- Material
- concrete, fiberglass
Structure: round cylindrical fiberglass tower, colored with black and yellow horizontal bands and mounted on a round concrete pier
Location
- Country
- 🇨🇱Chile
- Sea Region
- shoal off Talcahuano in the Bahía de Concepción
- Latitude
- -36.6968°
- Longitude
- -73.0834°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Talcahuano(1.1 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G1814
- NGA No.
- 1396
- ARLHS No.
- CHI-035
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خطّط رحلاتك قرب Chile، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.