Cuaderno de Faros Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Cuaderno de Faros Lighthouse
This cylindrical concrete tower stands 18 meters tall and displays red and white horizontal bands. Its lantern and gallery are situated atop the structure. The light emits a single white flash every 3 seconds, visible for 13.4 nautical miles. The lighthouse is located on the south side of El Gancho, a town near the Guatemalan border in the Soconusco region of Chiapas. While the site is open to visitors, access to the tower itself is restricted. The nearest port, Puerto Madero, is 12 kilometers away.
Why it matters: As a range front light, this marker guides vessels through a specific channel or approach along the Chiapas coast, likely serving local fishing fleets and commercial traffic near the Guatemalan border.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 3s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 3s
- Focal Height
- 21m
- Geographic Range
- 13.4NM
Location
- Country
- 🇲🇽Mexico
- Region
- Chiapas
- Sea Region
- Located on the south side of El Gancho, a town about 4 km northwest of the Guatemala border, in the Eastern Chiapas (Tapachula Area) region known as Soconusco.
- Latitude
- 14.5604°
- Longitude
- -92.2551°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Puerto Madero(12.0 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G3404
- NGA No.
- 15350
- ARLHS No.
- MEX-045
- Wikidata
- Q118601610 →
Nearby Ports
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 18m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round cylindrical white concrete tower with lantern and gallery
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Cuaderno de Faros على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Mexico، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.