Mundaú Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Mundaú Lighthouse
The Mundaú lighthouse is a cylindrical concrete tower, 7 meters tall, located across the coastal road from Mundaú beach. Painted with red and white horizontal bands, its light emits a white flash every 3 seconds from a focal height of 33 meters. The station was established in 1923 and has a geographic range of 15.9 nautical miles. The site is open to the public, but the tower is closed. The lighthouse is situated about 150 km west of Fortaleza in the Ceará region, near the port of Paracuru.
Why it matters: The lighthouse provides navigational guidance for fishing fleets and coastal shipping along this section of the Brazilian coast, serving as a distinct visual marker.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 3s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 3s
- Focal Height
- 33m
- Geographic Range
- 15.9NM
Construction & History
- First Lit
- 1923
Significant events: station established 1923
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 7m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- concrete
Structure: square cylindrical concrete tower painted with red and white horizontal bands
Location
- City
- Trairi
- Country
- 🇧🇷Brazil
- Region
- Ceará
- Sea Region
- Located across the coastal road from the beach at Mundaú, about 150 km west of Fortaleza.
- Latitude
- -3.1764°
- Longitude
- -39.3620°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Paracuru(24.6 km)
Nearby Ports
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