Punta Pedernales Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Punta Pedernales Lighthouse
Also known as: Punta Pedernales (Punta de los Frailes)
Punta Pedernales is a 15-meter steel skeletal tower with black and white horizontal bands, located on a headland southwest of Pedernales, Ecuador. This triangular structure stands 35 meters above sea level and emits a white flash every 10 seconds. The current skeletal tower replaced a previous, shorter concrete tower. It has a geographic range of 16.2 nautical miles. The lighthouse is situated in the Manabí region.
Why it matters: This lighthouse warns vessels away from the headland southwest of Pedernales, ensuring safe passage for local fishing boats and commercial vessels along this stretch of the Ecuadorian coast.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 10s
- Focal Height
- 35m
- Geographic Range
- 16.2NM
Construction & History
Significant events: Replaced previous concrete tower
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Bahia De Caraquez(38.9 km)
- ARLHS No.
- ECU-036
Nearby Ports
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 15m
- Tower Shape
- skeletal
- Tower Color
- with black and white horizontal bands
- Material
- steel
Structure: triangular skeletal tower
Location
- City
- Pedernales
- Country
- 🇪🇨Ecuador
- Region
- Manabí
- Sea Region
- Headland southwest of Pedernales
- Latitude
- 0.0469°
- Longitude
- -80.0816°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Punta Pedernales على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Ecuador، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.