Pacific Entrance Range Rear Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Pacific Entrance Range Rear Lighthouse
This skeletal steel tower, standing 32 meters tall with a focal height of 61 meters, was built in 2017. It guides vessels at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, located on a slope west of the Balboa container terminal in Arraiján. The tower features a square cylindrical design with two vertical white daymark panels on its upper half. It displays an occulting yellow light that flashes once every 5 seconds. The original station was established in 1914, with the current structure erected much later in 2017.
Why it matters: This range light is essential for the safe navigation of large container ships and other vessels entering or exiting the Pacific side of the Panama Canal, particularly those destined for the Balboa container terminal.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Occulting
- Light Color
- Yellow
- Interval
- 5s
- Raw Code
- Oc Y 5s
- Focal Height
- 61m
- Geographic Range
- 20.2NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 2017
Significant events: Station established 1914, Current tower built 2017
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Rodman(1.3 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G3200.05
- NGA No.
- 0106
- ARLHS No.
- PAN031
- Wikidata
- Q60749518 →
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 32m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- Skeletal, with two vertical white daymark panels
- Material
- steel
Structure: square cylindrical skeletal tower carrying two vertical white daymark panels extending down the upper half of the tower
Location
- City
- Arraiján
- Country
- 🇵🇦Panama
- Region
- Panamá Oeste
- Sea Region
- Guiding vessels at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, situated on a slope west of the Balboa container terminal in Panama.
- Latitude
- 8.9720°
- Longitude
- -79.5897°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Pacific Entrance Range Rear على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Panama، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.