Isla de Malpelo Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Isla de Malpelo Lighthouse
This skeletal steel mast, painted orange, stands 4 meters tall. Its light emits a white flash every 15 seconds from a focal height of 258 meters, visible for nearly 38 nautical miles. The lighthouse is located on Isla de Malpelo, an isolated island about 380 kilometers off Colombia's Pacific coast. This island is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, highlighting its ecological significance. Access to the island is challenging, requiring the use of a crane for supply transfers to a military contingent.
Why it matters: The lighthouse warns ships of the remote Malpelo Island, a significant offshore hazard in a vast, isolated stretch of the Pacific. Its presence on a UNESCO World Heritage Site underscores the ecological importance of the area it helps protect.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 15s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 15s
- Focal Height
- 258m
- Geographic Range
- 37.7NM
Construction & History
- Heritage Status
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
References & Identifiers
- Admiralty No.
- G3142
- NGA No.
- 0186
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 4m
- Tower Shape
- skeletal
- Tower Color
- orange
- Material
- steel
Structure: skeletal mast, painted orange
Location
- City
- Buenaventura
- Country
- 🇨🇴Colombia
- Region
- Valle del Cauca
- Sea Region
- isolated island off Colombia's Pacific coast
- Latitude
- 4.0047°
- Longitude
- -81.6072°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Isla de Malpelo على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Colombia، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.