Banco San José Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Banco San José Lighthouse
Banco San José is a red, triangular skeletal metal tower standing 15 meters tall, featuring a green horizontal band. Its focal height is 13 meters, and it emits a green flash every 5 seconds, visible for 11.3 nautical miles. The lighthouse is located on a dangerous reef in the entrance to the Seno de Reloncaví, the sound leading to Puerto Montt. This site, reachable only by boat, is 6.9 kilometers from Calbuco, the nearest port. Visitors can access the site, but the tower itself is closed.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is indispensable for maritime traffic entering and exiting Puerto Montt, a significant port in southern Chile, by clearly delineating the hazardous reef known as Banco San José.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- Green
- Interval
- 5s
- Raw Code
- Fl G 5s
- Focal Height
- 13m
- Geographic Range
- 11.3NM
Location
- City
- Calbuco
- Country
- 🇨🇱Chile
- Region
- Los Lagos Region
- Sea Region
- dangerous reef in the center of the entrance to the Seno de Reloncaví, the sound leading to Puerto Montt
- Latitude
- -41.7327°
- Longitude
- -73.0602°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Calbuco(6.9 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G1693
- NGA No.
- 1664
- ARLHS No.
- CHI-049
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 15m
- Tower Shape
- skeletal
- Tower Color
- red with a green horizontal band
- Material
- metal
Structure: triangular skeletal tower, painted red with a green horizontal band
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Banco San José Deniz Feneri'ni canlı deniz haritasında bulun
Chile yakınlarında sefer planlayın, yakındaki gemileri gerçek zamanlı görün ve uygulamada 14.900'den fazla seyir yardımcısını keşfedin.