Punta Piedras Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Punta Piedras Lighthouse
A square pyramidal steel skeletal tower painted white, standing 31 meters tall, was erected in 1983 at Punta Piedras. This structure replaced an earlier lighthouse that was destroyed by a storm in 1975. The original station was established in 1917. The current tower features a gallery and emits a white flash every nine seconds, visible for nearly 18 nautical miles. It is situated off coastal highway route 11 on a property called El Faro, marking the southern entrance to the Río de la Plata.
Why it matters: This lighthouse guides vessels entering the Río de la Plata from the south, facilitating safe navigation into a major South American estuary.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 9s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 9s
- Focal Height
- 45m
- Geographic Range
- 17.9NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1983
Significant events: station established 1917, original lighthouse destroyed by storm in 1975
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- La Plata(51.8 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G0900
- NGA No.
- 110-19403
- ARLHS No.
- ARG058
- Wikidata
- Q5856287 →
- OpenStreetMap
- View on OSM →
Nearby Ports
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 31m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- steel
Structure: square pyramidal steel skeletal tower with gallery, painted white
Location
- Country
- 🇦🇷Argentina
- Region
- Buenos Aires
- Sea Region
- Located at Punta Piedras, the southern entrance to the Río de la Plata. Located off the coastal highway (route 11) at a ranch called El Faro.
- Latitude
- -35.4468°
- Longitude
- -57.1437°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة Punta Piedras على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Argentina، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.