Pacific Entrance Range Rear Lighthouse

This skeletal steel tower, standing 32 meters tall with a focal height of 61 meters, was built in 2017. It guides vessels at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, located on a slope west of the Balboa container terminal in Arraiján. The tower features a square cylindrical design with two vertical white daymark panels on its upper half. It displays an occulting yellow light that flashes once every 5 seconds. The original station was established in 1914, with the current structure erected much later in 2017.

Why it matters: This range light is essential for the safe navigation of large container ships and other vessels entering or exiting the Pacific side of the Panama Canal, particularly those destined for the Balboa container terminal.