Cap Blanc Lighthouse
Lighthouse in Mauritania
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The Cap Blanc Lighthouse (also known as the Ras Nouadhibou Lighthouse) is an active lighthouse located on Ras Nouadhibou (French: Cap Blanc) in Mauritania. Constructed in 1910, it is today located only a few feet from Mauritania's border with Western Sahara.[1] In recent years the lighthouse has been incorporated as the rear range light of a pair of leading lights. A modern fiberglass light structure forms the front of the range. The lighthouse serves as a landfall light for the port of Nouadhibou.[1][2][3] A few kilometers northeast near Cansado is the Pointe de Cansado lighthouse, built in 1913.
Locationsouthwest of Nouadhibou, Mauritania
near the border with the
Western Sahara
near the border with the
Western Sahara
Constructed1910
Cap Blanc in 2005 | |
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| Location | southwest of Nouadhibou, Mauritania near the border with the Western Sahara |
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| Coordinates | 20°46′20.5″N 17°02′51.2″W |
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| Constructed | 1910 |
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