El Rincón Light is an active
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 ...
in the
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
,
Argentina. At a height of it is the nineteenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, and one of the tallest concrete lighthouses in the world. Located about northeast of Pedro Luro on the Península Verde, it guards a principal entrance to the seaport of
Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca (; English: White Bay) is a city in the southwest of the provinces of Argentina, province of Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and is the seat of government of the Bahía Blanca Partido. It had 3 ...
. Two stamps featuring the lighthouse were created, one in 2006 and the other one in 2010.
See also
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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 ...
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List of lighthouses in Argentina
This is a list of lighthouses in Argentina.
Lighthouses
Beacons
See also
* Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
References
External links
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Lista de Faros Argentinos''Servicio de Hidrografía Naval''
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References
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External links
List of Lighthouses in Argentina''Servicio de Hidrografía Naval''
Lighthouses completed in 1925
Lighthouses in Argentina
Buildings and structures in Buenos Aires Province
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