Bugui Point Lighthouse

Bugui Point Lighthouse
Location Aroroy, Masbate, Philippines
Coordinates 12°36′1.62″N 123°14′18.25″E / 12.6004500°N 123.2384028°E / 12.6004500; 123.2384028Coordinates: 12°36′1.62″N 123°14′18.25″E / 12.6004500°N 123.2384028°E / 12.6004500; 123.2384028
Year first constructed 1902
Year first lit 1902
Deactivated n/a
Construction Stone Masonry
Tower shape Conical tower next to a keeper's house
Markings / pattern Gray tower
Height 49 ft (14.9 m)
Focal height 218 ft (66.4 m)
Original lens Third-Order Fresnel lens
Range 22 miles (35.4 Km)
Characteristic One red and two white flashes every 30 secs; interval between white flashes, 4 secs; interval between white flashes 13 secs
Fog signal none
Admiralty number F2510[1]
NGA number 14600
ARLHS number PHI-070

Bugui Point Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located on Bugui Point in the town of Aroroy, in the northern tip of Masbate Island, province of Masbate, in the Philippines. It lights the entrance to the channel between Burias Island and Masbate Island and the channel between Burias and Ticao Islands leading to San Bernardino Strait.[2]

Work on the light was started in October 1893, but worked was stopped on November 1896 with the onset of the Philippine Revolution. Lighthouse construction was continued by the Americans in 1902 and the light was finally lit on December 1, 1902.

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  1. ↑ "Pub.112 List of Lights", p.190. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 2009.
  2. ↑ Bureau of Insular Affairs, U.S. War Department, "A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Island", p.110. Washington Government Printing Office, 1902.
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