The Pelican Point Lighthouse is a

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

overlooking the Atlantic Ocean from the Pelican Point peninsula, a long sandbar guarding Walvis Bay, Namibia. It was inaugurated by the

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government in 1932. The round, cast-iron, 34-meter-high tower features a lantern and gallery and is painted in horizontal black and white bands.

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Official tourist website
{{Authority control Lighthouses in Namibia Buildings and structures in Walvis Bay Lighthouses completed in 1932 1932 establishments in South West Africa