Chipiona
Chipiona has a focal height of 69 metres, a tower height of 63 metres and a range of 25 nautical miles. It was built in 1867.
- Focal height
- 69 metres
- Tower height
- 63 metres
- Range
- 25 nautical miles
- Built
- 1867
- Light characteristic
- Fl W 10s.
- Coordinates
- 36.73792, -6.44224
The Chipiona lighthouse is located in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. It was built in 1867 and stands at a tower height of 63m, with a focal height of 69m, and a range of 25 nautical miles. The Chipiona lighthouse is situated in the town of Chipiona.
Light and tower
It lies on the Atlantic. It has a tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern tower. The tower is built of cut stone. Its daymark is unpainted tower, white trim, grey lantern roof. The light has a focal height of 69 metres. The light has a range of 25 nautical miles. Its light characteristic is Fl W 10s. It is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla.
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Details
- Name
- Chipiona Lighthouse<br>''Punta del Perro''
- Marking
- unpainted tower, white trim, grey lantern roof
- Range Nm
- 25
- Year Built
- 1867
- Description
- '''Chipiona Lighthouse''' (), also known as '''Punta del Perro Light''', is an active 19th-century lighthouse in Chipiona, in the province of Cádiz, Spain. At a height of it is the seventeenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest in Spain. It is located on Punta del Perro (lit. Dog Point), a projection of land into the Atlantic Ocean in the city of Chipiona, about southwest of the Guadalquivir entrance, and serves as the landfall light for Seville.
- Tower Shape
- tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
- Body Of Water
- Atlantic
- Image Caption
- Chipiona Light, 2007
- Location Text
- [[Chipiona]]<br>[[Province of Cádiz]]<br>[[Andalusia]]<br> [[Spain]]
- Focal Height M
- 69
- Managing Agent
- Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla
- Tower Height M
- 63
- Light Characteristic
- Fl W 10s.
- Construction Material
- cut stone tower