Falcón Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Falcón Lighthouses Lighthouse
This square skeletal fiberglass tower stands 15 meters tall and displays red and white horizontal bands. Its light emits a single white flash every 12 seconds, visible for 11.9 nautical miles. The lighthouse is situated on a sandy point in Antunez, on the south side of the Gulf of Venezuela, near the Paraguaná Peninsula. This structure replaced an earlier round cylindrical fiberglass tower that also featured red and white banding. The lighthouse is located in Parroquia Borojó within Venezuela's Falcón State.
Why it matters: The lighthouse marks the sandy point of land at Antunez, aiding navigation in the southern Gulf of Venezuela near the Paraguaná Peninsula.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 12s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 12s
- Focal Height
- 15m
- Geographic Range
- 11.9NM
Construction & History
Significant events: Replaced a round cylindrical fiberglass tower
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Punta Cardon(40.5 km)
- Admiralty No.
- J6297
- NGA No.
- 16875
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 15m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- fiberglass
Structure: square skeletal tower painted with red and white horizontal bands
Location
- City
- Parroquia Borojó
- Country
- 🇻🇪Venezuela
- Region
- Falcon State
- Sea Region
- Located on a sandy point of land in Antunez, on the south side of the Gulf of Venezuela, near the Paraguaná Peninsula.
- Latitude
- 11.2026°
- Longitude
- -70.7789°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Falcón Lighthouses على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Venezuela، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.