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Location | Playa Blanca Lanzarote Canary Islands Spain |
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Coordinates | 28°51′21″N13°52′21″W / 28.8558°N 13.8726°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1866 (first) |
Construction | concrete tower (current) stone tower (first) |
Height | 50 metres (160 ft) (current) 10 metres (33 ft) (first) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern (current) cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (first) |
Markings | white tower, grey lantern dome (current) unpainted tower, grey lantern dome (first) |
Operator | Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
Heritage | bien de interés cultural ![]() |
Light | |
First lit | 1988 (current) |
Deactivated | 1988 (first) |
Focal height | 55 metres (180 ft) (current) |
Range | 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl (3) W 30s. |
Spain no. | ES-12129 |
The Pechiguera or Punta Pechiguera Lighthouse (Spanish : Faro de Pechiguera) is an active lighthouse on the Canary island of Lanzarote. It is the second lighthouse to be built at Punta Pechiguera, which is at the south-western end of the island. [1] [2]
The original lighthouse which was designed by the engineer Juan de León y Castillo opened in 1866, and consists of a 10 metres (33 ft) tower at the front of a single storey keeper's house. It was deactivated in 1988, following the construction of the new lighthouse, and in 2002 was registered as a Bien de Interés Cultural in the listing for Las Palmas. [3]
The new lighthouse built from white stone, is one of the tallest lighthouses in the Canaries at 50 metres (160 ft) in height, being superseded only by Maspalomas Lighthouse on Gran Canaria at 56 metres (184 ft), and the 59 metres (194 ft) Morro Jable Lighthouse on Fuerteventura. [1]
With a focal height of 55 metres (180 ft) above the sea, its light can be seen for 17 nautical miles and consists of three flashes of white light every thirty seconds. In conjunction with the lights at Tostón and Punta Martiño, it marks the narrow La Bocayna strait that separates the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. [1]
Punta Pechiguera is a barren promontory of volcanic rocks; originally quite isolated it is now being encroached upon by coastal developments from the Playa Blanca resort. [2] A coastal walkway links the lighthouse with the centre of the resort, the majority of which consists of a paved promenade or esplanade (Spanish : paseo maritimo) along the seafront. [4]
In 2008, Pechiguera in conjunction with five other lighthouses was depicted in a set of six commemorative stamps by the Spanish postal service Correos. [5]
Lanzarote is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately 125 kilometres off the north coast of Africa and 1,000 kilometres from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering 845.94 square kilometres, Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the islands in the archipelago. With 152,289 inhabitants at the start of 2019, it is the third most populous Canary Island, after Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Located in the centre-west of the island is Timanfaya National Park, one of its main attractions. The island was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1993. The island's capital is Arrecife, which lies on the eastern coastline. It is the smaller main island of the Province of Las Palmas.
Maspalomas is a tourist resort in the south of the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, stretching from Bahía Feliz in the east to Meloneras in the west, including the resort towns of San Agustín, Playa del Inglés and San Fernando. Maspalomas constitutes the southernmost part of the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, and of the island.
Playa Blanca is the southernmost town of the Spanish island of Lanzarote. It is the newest resort on the island, and is part of the municipality of Yaiza.
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