Santa Clara Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Santa Clara Lighthouse
This square skeletal concrete tower, standing 8 meters tall, was built and first lit in 1945. Its lantern and gallery are mounted on a 1-story white concrete equipment building. The lighthouse emits a white flash every 5 seconds, visible for 14.7 nautical miles. The lantern itself was brought from the 1886 Torre de Belem lighthouse in Lisbon. The red tower was depicted on a Portuguese postage stamp in 1996. While the site is open to the public, the tower remains closed.
Why it matters: The lighthouse's lantern, salvaged from Lisbon's historic Torre de Belem, highlights maritime heritage preservation. Its depiction on a 1996 postage stamp indicates its cultural recognition.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 5s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 5s
- Focal Height
- 27m
- Light Range
- 15NM (27.8 km)
- Geographic Range
- 14.7NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1945
Significant events: lantern brought from 1886 Torre de Belem lighthouse in Lisbon, featured on a 1996 postage stamp
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 8m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- red
- Material
- concrete
Structure: square skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, mounted atop a 1-story white concrete equipment building
Location
- City
- Ribeirinha
- Country
- 🇵🇹Portugal
- Sea Region
- on a promontory 800 m west of the Ponta Delgada waterfront, Portugal
- Latitude
- 37.8457°
- Longitude
- -25.4895°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Rabo de Peixe(4.9 km)
- Admiralty No.
- D2654
- NGA No.
- 23580
- ARLHS No.
- AZO-021
- Wikidata
- Q8960913 →
- OpenStreetMap
- View on OSM →
اعثر على منارة Santa Clara على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Portugal، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.