Albardão Lighthouse

Albardão Lighthouse

Location	Santa Vitória do Palmar Brazil
Coordinates	33°12′09″S 52°42′22″W
Tower
Constructed	1909 (first)
Foundation	concrete base (first and current)
Construction	concrete tower (current) cast iron tower (first)
Height	44 metres (144 ft) (current)[1] 35 metres (115 ft) (first)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern atop a 1-storey workshop (current)[2]
Markings	white and black rhomboid shape painted tower (current) dark red tower (first)[2]
Operator	Brazilian Navy
Racon	X[1]
Light
First lit	1948 (current)
Deactivated	1948 (first)
Focal height	50 metres (160 ft)[1]
Light source	main power
Range	42 nautical miles (78 km; 48 mi)[1]
Characteristic	Fl (4) W 25s.[1]
Brazil no.	BR-4656[2]

Albardão Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on a sandy strip known as Praia do Cassino, in the municipality of Santa Vitória do Palmar, Brazil on the South Atlantic Ocean; the lighthouse is one of the southernmost Brazilian lights.

History

The first lighthouse at this location was lit on May 3, 1909, and was a cast iron tower 35 metres (115 ft) high. It was painted in dark red and equipped with a 3rd order dioptre lens having a range of 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi). The current lighthouse was built on project of Ernst Schaffer by the Christiani-Nielsen builder in 1948. It is a concrete tower 44 metres (144 ft) high with balcony and lantern painted in white and black rhomboid shape. The light is equipped with Barbier, Benard, et Turenne third order Fresnel lens and emits four white flashes every 25 seconds visible up to 42 nautical miles (78 km; 48 mi). The lighthouse is managed by Brazilian Navy and is identified by the country code number BR-4656.^[3]

Albardão Lighthouse is located in Hermenegildo Beach

References

1. 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 (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Brazil". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
3. "Albardão". Farois Brasileiros. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

External links

• Centro de Sinalização Náutica Almirante Moraes Rego