Cabo Manglares Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Cabo Manglares Lighthouse
Cabo Manglares lighthouse is a cylindrical fiberglass tower standing 36.5 meters tall, painted with red and white horizontal bands. Its focal height is 41 meters, and it emits a white light with one flash every 15 seconds. The lighthouse is situated on a low but noticeable cape at the north side of the Río Mira estuary's mouth. This location is southwest of Tumaco and northwest of the Ecuadorian border. The geographic range of its light is 17.2 nautical miles. It is located 2.4 kilometers from the nearest port, Tumaco.
Why it matters: This lighthouse guides maritime traffic entering and exiting the Río Mira estuary, a significant waterway near the Colombian-Ecuadorian border.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 3 flashes
- Interval
- 15s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 15s
- Focal Height
- 41m
- Geographic Range
- 17.2NM
Location
- City
- Tumaco
- Country
- 🇨🇴Colombia
- Region
- Nariño
- Sea Region
- low but prominent cape on the north side of the mouth of the Río Mira estuary, southwest of Tumaco and northwest of the Ecuadorian border
- Latitude
- 1.8184°
- Longitude
- -78.8093°
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 36.5m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- fiberglass
Structure: round fiberglass tower colored with red and white horizontal bands
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Tumaco(2.4 km)
- ARLHS No.
- COL-005
Nearby Ports
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