Rota Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Rota Lighthouse
This lighthouse, built in 1909, stands over Calle Gravina in Rota, Spain, marking the port's entrance. Its distinctive cylindrical structure, painted white and red, features a lantern mounted directly atop an archway rather than a traditional tower. For over seven decades, its light shone 34 meters above the water, with a geographic range of 16 nautical miles. The light produced a single white flash every 4 seconds. Operations ceased in 1980, and the light has been inactive since that year. Visitors can access the site, though the tower remains closed.
Why it matters: The Rota lighthouse is recognized for its highly unusual architecture, with the lantern integrated into an archway over a street, rather than standing as a separate tower. This design embedded the navigational aid directly into the port's urban infrastructure.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Occulting
- Interval
- 4s
- Raw Code
- Oc W 4s
- Focal Height
- 34m
- Light Range
- 13NM (24.1 km)
- Geographic Range
- 16NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1909
Significant events: Inactive since 1980
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white and red
Structure: A lantern is mounted atop an archway structure, situated over the Calle Gravina.
Location
- City
- Rota
- Country
- 🇪🇸Spain
- Region
- Andalusia
- Sea Region
- front of the port in Rota, Spain, over Calle Gravina
- Latitude
- 36.6160°
- Longitude
- -6.3572°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Rota(1.5 km)
- Admiralty No.
- D2355.2
- NGA No.
- 113-3908
- ARLHS No.
- SPA085
- Wikidata
- Q5856504 →
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