Porto Alexandre, Angola

This article is about the bay in Angola. For the city in Alaska, see Port Alexander, Alaska.

Tômbwa Lighthouse
Porto Alexandre
Ponta do Port

Location	Tômbua, Namibe Province, Angola
Coordinates	15°47′02″S 11°51′03″E
Tower
Constructed	1930s
Foundation	masonry base
Construction	metal skeletal tower[1]
Height	8 m (26 ft)
Shape	tripod skeletal tower atop a 1-storey building[1]
Markings	white building with orange diagonal band[2]
Operator	Instituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola
Light
Focal height	11 m (36 ft)
Range	9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) (white), 7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi) (green)
Characteristic	Oc(3) WG 9s

Porto Alexandre, occasionally known in English as Port Alexander, is a bay in Angola.^[3] It is located in the Namibe Province.

Geography

Porto Alexandre is a very well-sheltered bay of the South Atlantic Ocean. The bay is facing east, with 41 m (135 ft) high sandstone cliffs rising from the Ponta do Porto, the promontory guarding the eastern end of the harbour located at the end of the protecting landspit. Saco da Baleia is a bay located west of the western end of the spit.^[4]

The town of Tômbua is located on the southern shore of the bay. It was formerly a whaling port,^[5] but currently it is an important harbor for oil production and fishing in the area. The port has refrigeration facilities installed with European Union assistance at the Tombwa canning factory.^[6]

See also

• List of lighthouses in Angola
• Geography of Angola

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Angola". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
2. List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
3. "Port Alexander". Geographic Names. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
4. "Ponta do Porto". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
5. "Southern Whaling & Sealing Co. at Port Alexander". Sound of Jura. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
6. Economic Report on Angola by the South African government