Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light, also known as Monte Hermoso Light or simply Recalada Light (lit.
landfall
Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact ...
), is an active
lighthouse in
Monte Hermoso
Monte Hermoso is a town located on the Atlantic coast of Argentina, some east of the city of Bahía Blanca, in the south of the Province of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative seat of the partido of Monte Hermoso.
Founded at the beginning ...
,
Buenos Aires Province,
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
, marking the entrance to the
Bahía Blanca. At a height of it is the eleventh-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest lighthouse in the
Southern Hemisphere and the tallest lighthouse built of metal in the
lattice tower
A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding vertical framework tower. This construction is widely used in transmission towers carrying high voltage electric power lines, in radio masts and towers (a self-radiating tower or as a support for ...
configuration
History
The tower was prefabricated in France by the same company that built the
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower ( ; french: links=yes, tour Eiffel ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
Locally nicknamed "' ...
.
It was first lit on 1 January 1906.
[
In 1928 a ]Dalén light
A Dalén light is a light produced from burning of carbide gas (acetylene), combined with a solar sensor which automatically operates the light only during darkness.
Overview
The technology was the predominant form of light source in lighthouse ...
was installed. The light was replaced with an electric light 1974. An Automatic Identification System (AIS) beacon was installed on 1 January 2006.[
]
Construction
It consists of a central cylinder of iron, in diameter and eight cast-iron columns. There are a total of 331 steps.
Visiting
The light station is staffed and the tower is open to guided tours.[
]
See also
* List of tallest lighthouses in the world
This is a list of the tallest lighthouses, by tower height (as opposed to focal height, i.e. height of the lamp of a lighthouse from water level). The list includes only "traditional lighthouses", as defined by ''The Lighthouse Directory'', i.e. bu ...
* List of lighthouses in Argentina
References
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External links
List of Lighthouses in Argentina
Servicio de Hidrografía Naval
Lighthouses completed in 1906
Lighthouses in Argentina
Buildings and structures in Buenos Aires Province
1906 establishments in Argentina
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