Piedras del Sargo Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Piedras del Sargo Lighthouse
Piedras del Sargo is a cylindrical stone tower, 12 meters high, located on a reef at the north entrance to Illa de Arousa. Painted white with a green band encircling the top, the structure features a gallery. Its light emits a single green flash every second, visible for 11.3 nautical miles. The site is accessible by boat and is open to the public, though the tower itself is closed. The lighthouse is situated near Ribeira, with its nearest port being Ribeira, 5.9 kilometers away.
Why it matters: This lighthouse warns vessels about the reef it marks at the entrance to Illa de Arousa, a critical point for maritime safety.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- Green
- Interval
- 1s
- Raw Code
- Fl G 1s
- Focal Height
- 13m
- Geographic Range
- 11.3NM
Location
- City
- Ribeira
- Country
- 🇪🇸Spain
- Region
- Galicia
- Sea Region
- reef on the north side of the entrance to the Illa de Arousa
- Latitude
- 42.4660°
- Longitude
- -9.0129°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Ribeira(5.9 km)
- Admiralty No.
- D1798
- NGA No.
- 2732
- ARLHS No.
- SPA-157
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 12m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white with a green band around the top
- Material
- stone
Structure: round stone tower with gallery, painted white with a green band around the top
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Piedras del Sargo Deniz Feneri'ni canlı deniz haritasında bulun
Spain yakınlarında sefer planlayın, yakındaki gemileri gerçek zamanlı görün ve uygulamada 14.900'den fazla seyir yardımcısını keşfedin.