Masachapa Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Masachapa Lighthouse
This concrete cylindrical tower, standing 11 meters tall, is painted white with dark blue trim and narrow dark blue horizontal bands. The light is mounted on top of a small lantern at the summit. It emits a white flash every 10 seconds, visible for 14.6 nautical miles. The lighthouse is situated on the waterfront of Masachapa, a beach resort southwest of Managua. The town and lighthouse site have been rebuilt following a tsunami in 1992. The site is open to the public, but the tower remains closed.
Why it matters: The lighthouse offers coastal navigation for the local fishing fleet and recreational vessels visiting the Masachapa beach resort.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 10s
- Focal Height
- 26.5m
- Geographic Range
- 14.6NM
Construction & History
Significant events: Town rebuilt after 1992 tsunami
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 11m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white with dark blue trim and narrow dark blue horizontal bands
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round tower with a small lantern; the light is mounted on top of the lantern
Location
- City
- San Rafael del Sur
- Country
- 🇳🇮Nicaragua
- Region
- Managua
- Sea Region
- Waterfront of Masachapa, a former fishing port and now a beach resort in the municipality of San Rafael del Sur, southwest of Managua, Nicaragua.
- Latitude
- 11.7878°
- Longitude
- -86.5166°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Puerto Sandino(28.8 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G3351.4
- NGA No.
- 15428
- ARLHS No.
- NIC-003
اعثر على منارة Masachapa على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Nicaragua، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.