Araranguá Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Araranguá Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in Araranguá, Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean.
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| Location | Araranguá Brazil |
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| Coordinates | 28°56′05″S 49°21′45″W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1953 |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | concrete and skeletal tower |
| Height | 8 metres (26 ft)[1] |
| Shape | skeletal tower atop a cylindrical tower with four buttresses[2] |
| Markings | white concrete tower with a horizontal black band |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 85 metres (279 ft)[1] |
| Range | 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi)[1] |
| Characteristic | Fl (3) W 20s.[1] |
| Brazil no. | BR-3960[2] |
History
It was built in 1953 on a rocky bluff named Morros dos Conventos nearby the beach.[2] The lighthouse is a cylindrical concrete tower with four buttresses surmounted by a metal skeletal tower with the lantern on the top. The tower is white painted with a black horizontal band. The light emits three white flashes, at 3.3 seconds interval, every twenty seconds visible up to 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi). The lighthouse is managed by Brazilian Navy and is identified by the country code number BR-3960.
