Cartaya Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Cartaya Lighthouses Lighthouse
This cylindrical stone tower, built in 1976, stands 10 meters tall and has a focal height of 43 meters. It is located on the west side of the Río Piedras entrance, near Cartaya, marking the approach to El Rompido harbor. The lighthouse's current design features a white tower with a red band, a change from its original black and white horizontal banding. The structure includes a lantern and gallery, attached to a single-story keeper's house. Its geographic range is 17.6 nautical miles, emitting a white flash every 10 seconds. The site is open to the public, though the tower itself is closed.
Why it matters: The lighthouse guides maritime traffic into the Río Piedras and El Rompido harbor, especially important due to the shifting Flecha de El Rompido sandspit that constantly reshapes the waterway.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 2 flashes
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 10s
- Focal Height
- 43m
- Geographic Range
- 17.6NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1976
Significant events: The Flecha de El Rompido sandspit extended 8 km to the east, rendering the original 1861 lighthouse obsolete and necessitating the construction of a new tower; the tower's paint scheme was formerly black and white horizontal bands before being changed to white with a red band.
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 10m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- stone
Structure: round stone tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a 1-story keeper's house
Location
- City
- Cartaya
- Country
- 🇪🇸Spain
- Region
- Andalusia
- Sea Region
- Located behind the historic lighthouse, on the west side of the entrance to the Río Piedras and the harbor of El Rompido in Cartaya. It marks the approach to the river, which is protected by the dynamic Flecha de El Rompido sandspit.
- Latitude
- 37.2184°
- Longitude
- -7.1270°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- El rompido(0.6 km)
- Admiralty No.
- D2312
- NGA No.
- 3828
- ARLHS No.
- SPA-271
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