Pizarro Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Pizarro Lighthouse
The Pizarro lighthouse is a 20-meter cylindrical skeletal tower made of steel, painted with horizontal red and white bands. It is located in the Bajo Baudó region of Colombia. The tower features a square cylindrical skeletal design. Although it is now inactive, it served as a navigational aid for an extended period. Its operational status ended in 2010. The nearest significant port is Buenaventura, located 66 kilometers away.
Why it matters: The Pizarro lighthouse's unique skeletal architectural style offered a distinct visual marker along the Colombian coast, historically contributing to safe navigation.
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 20m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- steel
Structure: square cylindrical skeletal tower painted with red and white horizontal bands
Location
- Country
- 🇨🇴Colombia
- Region
- Bajo Baudó (Pizarro)
- Latitude
- 4.9523°
- Longitude
- -77.3707°
Nearby Vessels
Construction & History
Significant events: Inactive since 2010
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Buenaventura(66.0 km)
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خطّط رحلاتك قرب Colombia، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.