Santiago de Cuba Province Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Santiago de Cuba Province Lighthouses Lighthouse
This cylindrical masonry lighthouse, standing 18 meters tall, was built in 1914 and first lit in 1923. Its white tower features a silver lantern and gallery. The lighthouse is situated on a headland approximately 1 kilometer east of the Santiago de Cuba harbor entrance, on Cuba's south coast. Its focal height reaches 82 meters, providing a geographic range of nearly 23 nautical miles. The light emits a single white flash every 10 seconds. Although the tower is closed to the public, the site remains accessible.
Why it matters: This structure guides vessels into Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's busiest southern port, marking the critical harbor entrance for commercial shipping and other maritime traffic.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 2 flashes
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 10s
- Focal Height
- 82m
- Geographic Range
- 22.9NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1914
- First Lit
- 1923
Significant events: Original tower damaged during Spanish-American War, repaired 1899; current tower's optical equipment delayed until 1923 due to World War I
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 18m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- masonry
Structure: round masonry tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; lantern silver
Location
- City
- Santiago de Cuba
- Country
- 🇨🇺Cuba
- Region
- Santiago de Cuba
- Sea Region
- Located on a headland about 1 km east of the Santiago de Cuba harbor entrance, on Cuba's south coast, serving the busiest port in the region.
- Latitude
- 19.9676°
- Longitude
- -75.8684°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Santiago de Cuba(0.3 km)
- ARLHS No.
- CUB-026
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