Bǎoshān Area Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Bǎoshān Area Lighthouses Lighthouse
A cylindrical concrete tower, painted white, stands 12 meters tall. This lighthouse is situated on the eastern end of a gravel training wall within the Yangtze River. This wall serves to contain a shoal area and is often submerged. The light emits a yellow flash every 2 seconds. Its focal height is 15 meters, providing a geographic range of 11.9 nautical miles. The site is accessible by boat, but the tower itself is closed to the public. The nearest port, Baoshan, is 2.5 kilometers away.
Why it matters: This lighthouse marks a hazardous shoal area constrained by a training wall within the Yangtze River. It is one of several lights guiding traffic near Baoshan harbor and the Huángpǔ River entrance.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- Yellow
- Interval
- 2s
- Raw Code
- Fl Y 2s
- Focal Height
- 15m
- Geographic Range
- 11.9NM
Location
- Country
- 🇨🇳China
- Region
- Shanghai
- Sea Region
- Located in the Yangtze River, on the east end of a frequently-submerged gravel training wall that restrains a shoal area, opposite Bǎoshān, a harbor district on the south side of the South Harbor Branch of the Yangtze just upstream from the Huángpǔ River entrance.
- Latitude
- 31.4585°
- Longitude
- 121.4822°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Baoshan(2.5 km)
- Admiralty No.
- P3792.1.
- NGA No.
- 18860
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 12m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round concrete tower
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
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