Berbice Entrance Range Front Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Berbice Entrance Range Front Lighthouse
This square skeletal tower, standing 13 meters tall, was built in 2011 of wood and first lit the same year. It is mounted on a wood platform supported by wood piles. The tower exhibits a quick white flash. This range front light replaced an earlier, lower structure. Its upgrade was prompted by an increase in bauxite shipments, requiring improved guidance for vessels entering the Berbice estuary. The site is accessible, but the tower itself is closed to visitors.
Why it matters: This range front light is essential for guiding vessels, particularly those carrying bauxite, into the Berbice estuary and the port of New Amsterdam.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Quick
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 5s
- Raw Code
- Q W
- Focal Height
- 13m
- Geographic Range
- 11.3NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 2011
Significant events: replaced an older, lower light; upgraded after bauxite shipments increased
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 13m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- red
- Material
- wood
Structure: square skeletal tower mounted on a wood platform supported by wood piles
Location
- City
- Fort Wellington
- Country
- 🇬🇾Guyana
- Region
- Mahaica-Berbice
- Sea Region
- off the entrance to the Berbice estuary, which leads to the port of New Amsterdam
- Latitude
- 6.3453°
- Longitude
- -57.5257°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- New Amsterdam(6.1 km)
- Admiralty No.
- J6858
- NGA No.
- 17324
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