Preguiças Lighthouse

Preguiças Lighthouse
Lighthouse and keeper's quarters
Location Maranhão, Brazil
Coordinates
Year first constructed 1920
Year first lit 1940 (current tower)
Construction Reinforced concrete
Tower shape Truncated conical tower
Markings / pattern White with black bands
Height 115 feet (35 m)
Focal height 151 feet (46 m)
Current lens Third order Fresnel lens
Range 43 nautical miles (80 km; 49 mi)
Characteristic Fl.W. 3s (fl. 1s, ec. 2s)
Admiralty number G0094
NGA number 110-17720
ARLHS number BRA-089

Preguiças Lighthouse also called Mandacaru Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Maranhão, Brazil.[1]

White truncated conical concrete tower, four black bands, four ribs, double gallery.[2]

It is situated in the village Mandacaru on the banks of the Preguiças River, within the Lençois National Park. The nearest town is Barreirinhas, head of district. Built in 1940, it is still inhabited and visitable every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.[3]

References

  1. ^ (Portuguese)"Faróis". CPMA- Capitania dos Portos do Maranhão. http://www.mar.mil.br/cpma/includes/farois.htm. Retrieved 25 october 2009. 
  2. ^ (PDF) List of Lights, Pub. 110, Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies. List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 234. http://msi.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/NIMA_LOL/Pub110/Pub110bk.pdf. 
  3. ^ Rowlett, Russ (20 january 2009). "Lighthouses of Northern Brazil". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/brno.htm. Retrieved 25 october 2009.