Half Moon Caye Light

Half Moon Caye
The east side of the Island and the old lighthouse in the distance.
Half Moon Caye
Belize
Location Half Moon Caye
Belize
Coordinates 17°12′20″N 87°32′03″W / 17.205449°N 87.534094°W / 17.205449; -87.534094Coordinates: 17°12′20″N 87°32′03″W / 17.205449°N 87.534094°W / 17.205449; -87.534094
Year first constructed 1820 (first)
1845 and 1931 (restored)
Year first lit 1998 (current)
Deactivated

1997 (first)

[1]
Foundation brick basement
Construction metal skeletal tower (first and current)
Tower shape square pyramidal tower with balcony and lantern (first)
square pyramidal tower with balcony and no lantern (current)
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern
Height 24 metres (79 ft) (first)
24 metres (79 ft) (current)
Focal height 24 metres (79 ft) (current)
Characteristic Fl (4) W 10s.
Admiralty number J5936
NGA number 16292
ARLHS number BLZ-017 (first)
BLZ-013 (current)
Managing agent Half Moon Caye Natural Monument[2]

Half Moon Caye Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Half Moon Caye located in the Lighthouse Reef in Belize.

History

The station was originally established in 1820, the lighthouse was formed by a skeletal tower restored in 1848 and reinforced with a steel frame in 1931. It had a square frustum shape, with enclosed base and an upper observation room, balcony and lantern and a height of 24 metres (79 ft). In the latest years the lighthouse moved progressively toward the water because the trend in the weather change. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1997 and from then begun to wreck. A new skeletal tower was built in 1998 inland respect to the former light, it is equipped with a beacon which emits four white flashes every 10 seconds. In September 2010 the Tropical Storm Matthew destroyed completely the old lighthouse.

See also

References

  1. ↑ ambergriscaye.com
  2. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Belize". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  • Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Belize". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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