 Chipiona Light, 2007 | |
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| Location | Chipiona Province of Cádiz Andalusia Spain |
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| Coordinates | 36°44′16.51″N 6°26′32.05″W / 36.7379194°N 6.4422361°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1867 |
| Construction | cut stone tower |
| Height | 205 feet (62 m)[1] |
| Shape | tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | unpainted tower, white trim, grey lantern roof |
| Operator | Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla[3] |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 226 feet (69 m) |
| Range | 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi)[2] |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s. |
| Spain no. | ES-09180 |
Chipiona Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Chipiona), also known as Punta del Perro Light,[4] is an active 19th-century lighthouse in Chipiona, in the province of Cádiz, Spain. At a height of 205 feet (62 m) it is the seventeenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest in Spain.[5] It is located on Punta del Perro (lit. Dog Point), a projection of land into the Atlantic Ocean in the city of Chipiona, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of the Guadalquivir entrance, and serves as the landfall light for Seville.[3]
- ^ According to List of Lights. The Lighthouse Directory has 207 feet (63 m).
- ^ Chipiona (Punta del Perro) leuchttuerme.net
- ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Spain: Western Andalusia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ "Punta del Perro Light - ARLHS SPA-226". wlol.arlhs.com. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.