Punta Barranco Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Punta Barranco Lighthouse
This cylindrical fiberglass tower stands 8 meters tall and exhibits a white light with a single red horizontal band. Its focal plane is 27 meters above sea level, providing a geographic range of 14.7 nautical miles. The light emits one white flash every 12 seconds. Located atop a bluff on the north side of the Channel, approximately 3 kilometers west of Pargua, this lighthouse guides mariners. The site is open to the public, though access to the tower itself is restricted.
Why it matters: Punta Barranco lighthouse is important for safe navigation through the Channel, warning vessels of the bluff and the northern edge of the waterway.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 12s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 12s
- Focal Height
- 27m
- Geographic Range
- 14.7NM
Location
- City
- Maullín
- Country
- 🇨🇱Chile
- Region
- Los Lagos Region
- Sea Region
- Located atop a bluff on the north side of the Channel about 3 km west of Pargua.
- Latitude
- -41.7422°
- Longitude
- -73.8180°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Ancud(7.6 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G1670
- NGA No.
- 1576
- ARLHS No.
- CHI-102
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 8m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- fiberglass
Structure: round cylindrical fiberglass tower, colored white with one narrow red horizontal band
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Punta Barranco على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Chile، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.