Isla de Alborán Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Isla de Alborán Lighthouse
The Isla de Alborán lighthouse, built in 1876, is a cylindrical stone tower standing 20 meters tall. It rises from the center of a two-story keeper's house, which is buff-colored with red-brown stone trim. The tower itself is unpainted stone, topped by a white watch room and a red lantern. The focal height of the light is 40 meters, and it emits a white flash every 20 seconds, visible for 17.1 nautical miles. The structure was restored and converted to wind power between 2003 and 2004.
Why it matters: This lighthouse marks the isolated Isla de Alborán, a navigational hazard in the Alboran Sea. Its conversion to wind power represents an early adoption of sustainable energy for navigational aids.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 4 flashes
- Interval
- 20s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 20s
- Focal Height
- 40m
- Geographic Range
- 17.1NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1876
Significant events: island captured by Spain in 1540, Soviet fishing vessels landed in 1960, Spanish navy established base, island incorporated into marine reserve in 1997, lighthouse restored and converted to wind power in 2003-04
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Motril(2.3 km)
- Admiralty No.
- E0086
- NGA No.
- 22780
- ARLHS No.
- CEU-009
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 20m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- Tower unpainted; watch room white, lantern red; house buff with unpainted red-brown stone trim
- Material
- stone
Structure: round cylindrical stone tower with gallery and a small lantern, rising from the center of a 2-story keeper's house
Location
- City
- Torrenueva Costa
- Country
- 🇪🇸Spain
- Region
- Andalusia
- Sea Region
- Alborán is a small, barren island in the Alboran Sea, located 56 km north of Cap des Trois Fourches, Morocco, and 90 km south of the Spanish mainland at Adra. It was named after the Tunisian captain Al Borani.
- Latitude
- 36.6944°
- Longitude
- -3.4683°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Isla de Alborán على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Spain، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.