El Viudo Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About El Viudo Lighthouse
This cylindrical concrete tower stands 20 meters tall and was first lit in 2018. It features black and red horizontal bands and is mounted on a square concrete base. The lighthouse replaced a 12-meter structure built at an earlier date. Its light emits a white flash every 5 seconds, visible for 13.2 nautical miles. The site is accessible by boat, though the tower itself is closed to the public.
Why it matters: The lighthouse marks the El Viudo shoals, located about 4 km north of the harbor entrance to Tumaco, Colombia, specifically on the west side of the entrance.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 2 flashes
- Interval
- 5s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 5s
- Focal Height
- 20m
- Geographic Range
- 13.2NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 2018
Significant events: New 20m tower built in 2018, replacing a 12m tower
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 20m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- with black and red horizontal bands and mounted on a square concrete base
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round barbell-shaped metal tower painted with black and red horizontal bands and mounted on a square concrete base
Location
- Country
- 🇨🇴Colombia
- Sea Region
- Marks shoals on the west side of the entrance to Tumaco, specifically the shoal named El Viudo ('The Widower'), located approximately 4 km north of the harbor entrance.
- Latitude
- 1.8522°
- Longitude
- -78.7159°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Tumaco(4.1 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G3124.5
- NGA No.
- 0224
Nearby Ports
اعثر على منارة El Viudo على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Colombia، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.