Isla Foca Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Isla Foca Lighthouse
This conical metal lighthouse stands 4.5 meters tall, painted with black and white horizontal bands. Its focal height reaches 57 meters, casting a white light with two flashes every 15 seconds. Located on a pair of small islands separated by a narrow channel, it sits about 40 kilometers southwest of Paita, Peru, and just five degrees south of the equator. The geographic range of its light is 19.7 nautical miles. The nearest port is Paita, approximately 1.1 kilometers away.
Why it matters: The lighthouse is important for guiding maritime traffic off the coast southwest of Paita, an area notable as the world's northernmost nesting ground for penguins.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 2 flashes
- Interval
- 15s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 15s
- Focal Height
- 57m
- Light Range
- 15NM (27.8 km)
- Geographic Range
- 19.7NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1931
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Paita(1.1 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G2132
- NGA No.
- 0604
- ARLHS No.
- PER-046
- Wikidata
- Q115204830 →
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 4.5m
- Tower Shape
- conical
- Tower Color
- with black and white horizontal bands
- Material
- metal
Structure: conical tower with gallery, painted with black and white horizontal bands
Location
- City
- Paita
- Country
- 🇵🇪Peru
- Region
- Piura
- Sea Region
- just off the coast about 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Paita. The island (actually two islands separated by a narrow channel) is barely 5 degrees south of the equator.
- Latitude
- -5.0739°
- Longitude
- -81.1268°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Isla Foca على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Peru، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.