Cabo Ortegal Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Cabo Ortegal Lighthouse
The Cabo Ortegal Lighthouse is a 10-meter tall, cylindrical concrete tower constructed in 1984. Its lantern and double gallery are 124 meters above sea level. The structure is painted white, featuring a red horizontal band beneath the lower gallery. It emits an occulting white flash every 8 seconds. Located on a steep headland approximately 5 kilometers north of Cariño, it indicates a substantial alteration in the Spanish coastline's path from an east-west to a northeast-southwest direction. The location can be visited, but entry into the tower is not permitted.
Why it matters: This lighthouse serves as a navigation aid for ships navigating the Cabo Ortegal headland, marking an important point where the Spanish coastline changes direction, thereby helping to ensure safer journeys.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Occulting
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 8s
- Raw Code
- Oc W 8s
- Focal Height
- 124m
- Geographic Range
- 27.3NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1984
Significant events: Planned in 1846, proposals in 1908 and 1930, built in 1984
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 10m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white with a red horizontal band below the lower gallery
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and double gallery, painted white with a red horizontal band below the lower gallery
Location
- City
- Cariño
- Country
- 🇪🇸Spain
- Region
- Galicia
- Sea Region
- Cabo Ortegal, 12 km west and a little south of Punta de la Estaca de Bares, marking the point where the Spanish coastline changes direction from east-west to northeast-southwest, located atop a very steep headland about 5 km north of Cariño.
- Latitude
- 43.7710°
- Longitude
- -7.8698°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Carino(2.3 km)
- Admiralty No.
- D1686.3
- NGA No.
- 2450
- ARLHS No.
- SPA-036
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