The Cape San Pablo Lighthouse is located 50 km south-east of the city of
Río Grande
The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.
The length of the Rio ...
, in the
department of Río Grande,
Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina
Tierra del Fuego ( Spanish for "''Land of Fire''"; ), officially the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands ( Spanish: ''Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur''), is the southernmost, ...
. It is situated on
Cape San Pablo at a very characteristic isolated mountain that is a prominent formation on the coast line.
History
The construction of the lighthouse started on March 15, 1945. In December 1949, there was a seismic movement that bent the tower. This situation forced the removal of the illumination equipment and the deactivation of the signal. In 1966, the rebuilding of the lighthouse was organized.
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Nowadays, the lighthouse consists of a yellow pyramid-shaped tower, 6 meters in height, with a black triangle with its vertex upside down. There is a platform located at the top section which holds a luminance lantern fuelled by solar energy having an optic range of 12.5 nautical miles.Cabo San Pablo Lighthouses]
''Servicio de Hidrografía Naval''
See also
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List of lighthouses in Argentina
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Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of the Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of the main island, Isla ...
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The Lighthouse at the End of the World
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References
External links
Servicio de Hidrografía Naval
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Lighthouses in Argentina
Buildings and structures in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina
Tierra del Fuego
Tourist attractions in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina