Boca Canasta Lighthouse
Red🇩🇴Baní, DOOperational
Location & Light Range
About Boca Canasta Lighthouse
A triangular skeletal steel communications tower, 30 meters in height, was built and first lit in 2024 or 2025. It is located beside the coastal highway south of Bani in the Peravia region. The structure serves a dual purpose as a navigational aid and a communications tower. The site is open to the public, though the tower itself is closed.
Why it matters: This lighthouse aids coastal navigation for local fishing boats and commercial vessels near Bani. Its function as a communications tower also supports broader infrastructure needs in the Dominican Republic.
Light & Optic
Characteristic Signature
Red
- Light Color
- Red
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 2024
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 30m
- Tower Shape
- skeletal
- Material
- steel
Structure: triangular skeletal communications tower
Location
- City
- Baní
- Country
- 🇩🇴Dominican Republic
- Region
- Peravia
- Sea Region
- Located beside the coastal highway south of Bani, Dominican Republic.
- Latitude
- 18.2451°
- Longitude
- -70.3403°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Palenque(9.4 km)
- Admiralty No.
- J5468
- NGA No.
- 14364
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