Los Palos Lighthouse
Fl White 6s🇵🇪La Yarada-Los Palos, PEOperational
Location & Light Range
About Los Palos Lighthouse
This cylindrical fiberglass lighthouse was built in 1967. It stands 9 meters tall with its light positioned 30.5 meters above sea level. The tower features black and white horizontal bands and rises from a conical base. Its white light produces a single flash every 6 seconds, visible for 15.4 nautical miles. The site is open to visitors, though the tower is closed.
Why it matters: The lighthouse guides coastal traffic in the border region between Peru and Chile, ensuring safe passage in this stretch of the Pacific.
Light & Optic
Characteristic Signature
Fl White 6s
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 6s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 6s
- Focal Height
- 30.5m
- Geographic Range
- 15.4NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1967
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 9m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- black and white horizontal bands
- Material
- fiberglass
Structure: slender round fiberglass tower rising from a conical base
Location
- City
- La Yarada-Los Palos
- Country
- 🇵🇪Peru
- Region
- Tacna
- Sea Region
- Located in Los Palos, a settlement about 10 km (6 mi) northwest of the Chilean border.
- Latitude
- -18.2981°
- Longitude
- -70.4283°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Arica(11.5 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G2000
- NGA No.
- 1000
Nearby Ports
تتبّع مباشر · أكثر من 50,000 بحّار
اعثر على منارة Los Palos على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Peru، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.
خريطة بحريةالسفن المجاورةتخطيط الرحلات