Limón Bay West Breakwater Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Limón Bay West Breakwater Lighthouse
This lighthouse is a red, steel mast with a gallery and tripod base, standing 31 meters tall. It is mounted on a triangular concrete platform that includes a small metal equipment shelter. The structure sits just inside the hooked end of the west breakwater at the entrance to Limón Bay and the Panama Canal. Constructed from concrete and steel, it emits a red flash every 2 seconds. Its focal plane is 30.5 meters above the water, providing a geographic range of 15.4 nautical miles.
Why it matters: This navigational aid warns vessels of the western breakwater's hooked end, a hazard at the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. Its operation supports the large volume of international shipping using this trade route.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- Red
- Flash Count
- 2 flashes
- Interval
- 2s
- Raw Code
- Fl R 2s
- Focal Height
- 30.5m
- Geographic Range
- 15.4NM
Location
- City
- Colón
- Country
- 🇵🇦Panama
- Region
- Colón
- Sea Region
- Located just inside the hooked end of the west breakwater at the entrance to Limón Bay and the Canal in Panama.
- Latitude
- 9.3883°
- Longitude
- -79.9224°
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 31m
- Tower Shape
- mast with tripod base
- Tower Color
- red
- Material
- concrete, steel
Structure: steel mast with gallery, a tripod base and a small metal equipment shelter, mounted on a triangular concrete platform
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Colon(2.2 km)
- Admiralty No.
- J6092.5
- NGA No.
- 16600
اعثر على منارة Limón Bay West Breakwater على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Panama، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.