Isla de Patos Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Isla de Patos Lighthouse
The Isla de Patos lighthouse is a 36-meter-tall steel tower built in 2012. It displays a white light with a single flash every 5 seconds, visible for 26.3 nautical miles. The tower is painted with red and white horizontal bands and stands on a small, steep island at the southern entrance to the Dragon's Mouths strait. This strait separates Venezuela from Trinidad and Tobago. The lighthouse is located on the island's highest point, near the west end.
Why it matters: This lighthouse marks a historically significant point where a territorial dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain was resolved by a 1942 treaty.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 5s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 5s
- Focal Height
- 114m
- Light Range
- 20NM (37.0 km)
- Geographic Range
- 26.3NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 2012
Significant events: British ceded claim to Isla de Patos in 1942 treaty fixing marine boundary between Venezuela and Trinidad
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Chaguaramas(13.2 km)
- Admiralty No.
- J6517
- NGA No.
- 110-17200
- ARLHS No.
- VEN-039
- Wikidata
- Q58002182 →
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 36m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- steel
Structure: square cylindrical skeletal tower, painted with red and white horizontal bands
Location
- Country
- 🇻🇪Venezuela
- Region
- Federal Dependencies
- Sea Region
- Isla de Patos, a small, steep island in the southern entrance to the Dragon's Mouths, about 10 km east of Macuro and 15 km southwest of Chacachacare island in Trinidad and Tobago. It is administered as a federal territory of Venezuela, located on the highest point of the island, near the west end.
- Latitude
- 10.6401°
- Longitude
- -61.8636°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Isla de Patos على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Venezuela، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.