Punta Galera Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Punta Galera Lighthouse
A 4-meter cylindrical fiberglass tower, painted white with a red horizontal band, designates Punta Galera. The lighthouse has a focal height of 43 meters and displays a white light with a 12-second interval (Fl W 12s), offering a geographic range of 17.6 nautical miles. The first light at this location was established in 1876, reportedly from a 20-meter brick tower, though its current status is unrecorded. The present tower was erected to maintain the navigation reference. The grounds are accessible, but the tower is not open to visitors.
Why it matters: This navigation aid assists ships approaching the coast near Valdivian Coastal Reserve, serving as a reference point for maritime traffic in this area.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 12s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 12s
- Focal Height
- 43m
- Geographic Range
- 17.6NM
Construction & History
- First Lit
- 1876
Significant events: Original lighthouse replaced, fate of original unknown
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 4m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white with a red horizontal band
- Material
- fiberglass
Structure: round cylindrical fiberglass tower colored white with a red horizontal band
Location
- City
- Corral
- Country
- 🇨🇱Chile
- Region
- Los Ríos
- Sea Region
- Located on a prominent cape about 40 km southwest of Niebla in the Nature Conservancy's Valdivian Coastal Reserve.
- Latitude
- -40.0055°
- Longitude
- -73.7056°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Corral(14.9 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G1724
- NGA No.
- 1536
- ARLHS No.
- CHI-018
- Wikidata
- Q60028288 →
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خطّط رحلاتك قرب Chile، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.