Las Animas Range Front Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Las Animas Range Front Lighthouse
This metal square skeletal tower stands 12 meters tall and has a focal height of 30 meters. It displays a white light that flashes once every 3 seconds. The structure is painted white and features a white triangular daymark. The Las Animas Range Front light marks the entrance range for Topolobampo, a significant port in northern Sinaloa. It is situated on a ridge about 7 kilometers west of Topolobampo, overlooking a lagoon behind the town of Las Animas. The range was shifted northwest around 2013.
Why it matters: This range front light is essential for the safe navigation of vessels entering Topolobampo, a key port for trade and tourism across the Sea of Cortés.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 3s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 3s
- Focal Height
- 30m
- Geographic Range
- 15.3NM
Construction & History
Significant events: Range shifted northwest around 2013
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Topolobampo(2.7 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G3518.2
- NGA No.
- 14909
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 12m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- white and carrying a white triagular daymark
- Material
- metal
Structure: square skeletal tower, painted white and carrying a white triagular daymark
Location
- Country
- 🇲🇽Mexico
- Region
- Sinaloa
- Sea Region
- Marks the entrance range for Topolobampo, an important port in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, and the mainland terminal for ferries crossing the Sea of Cortés to La Paz. It is situated on a ridge across the lagoon behind the beach town of Las Animas, approximately 7 km west of Topolobampo.
- Latitude
- 25.5821°
- Longitude
- -109.1142°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Las Animas Range Front على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Mexico، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.