Cerro Colorado Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Cerro Colorado Lighthouse
Also known as: Cerro Colorado (Colorado Mountain, Cerro San Joaquin)
This concrete lighthouse, standing 12 meters tall, features a cylindrical tower painted with red and white horizontal bands. Its light emits a white flash every 10 seconds. The focal plane reaches 199 meters, providing a geographic range of 33.6 nautical miles. Located on the eastern slope of Cerro San Joaquin, it is situated on the Galápagos islands, near the Parroquia Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. The nearest port is Baquerizo Moreno, just 0.1 kilometers away.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is indispensable for maritime traffic, specifically guiding vessels arriving from Ecuador to the Galápagos islands, acting as their primary landfall marker.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 2 flashes
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 10s
- Focal Height
- 199m
- Light Range
- 21NM (38.9 km)
- Geographic Range
- 33.6NM
Location
- City
- Parroquia Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
- Country
- 🇪🇨Ecuador
- Region
- Galápagos
- Sea Region
- Located on the eastern slope of Cerro San Joaquin, this lighthouse serves as the landfall light for the Galápagos islands, guiding vessels arriving from Ecuador.
- Latitude
- -0.8968°
- Longitude
- -89.6100°
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 12m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round concrete tower, painted with red and white horizontal bands
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Baquerizo Moreno(0.1 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G3104
- NGA No.
- 0333
- ARLHS No.
- GAL-001
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia →
- Wikidata
- Q19309060 →
- OpenStreetMap
- View on OSM →
اعثر على منارة Cerro Colorado على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Ecuador، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.