Ilha da Moela Lighthouse

Ilha da Moela Lighthouse
Ilha da Moela Lighthouse
Brazil
Location Ilha da Moela
Guarujá
Brazil
Coordinates 24°03′02″S 46°15′48″W / 24.05056°S 46.26333°W / -24.05056; -46.26333Coordinates: 24°03′02″S 46°15′48″W / 24.05056°S 46.26333°W / -24.05056; -46.26333
Year first constructed 1830 (first)
Year first lit 1895 (current)
Deactivated 1895 (first)
Foundation masonry base
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape large cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern
Height 10 metres (33 ft) (current)
9.5 metres (31 ft) (first)[1]
Focal height 110 metres (360 ft) (current)[2]
102 metres (335 ft) (first)
Light source diesel engine
Range white: 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) (current)
red: 39 nautical miles (72 km; 45 mi) (current)[2]
19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) (first)
Characteristic Al Oc WR 60s.[2]
Admiralty number G0496[2]
NGA number 18636[2]
ARLHS number BRA-043[1]
Brazil number BR-3288[1]
Managing agent Brazilian Navy

Ilha da Moela Lighthouse (Portuguese: Farol da Ilha da Moela) is an active lighthouse on the namesake island located 1.84 kilometres (1.14 mi) from Ponta do Munduba at the entrance of Santos Bay, Brazil. Ilha da Moela Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse on the State of São Paulo coast and the entire island is a Brazilian Navy base.

History

The first lighthouse, lit on July 31, 1830, was a white masonry cylindrical tower, 9.5 metres (31 ft) high, with balcony and lantern. The lantern was equipped with a white fixed-light catoptrics equipment built by Barbier, Benard, et Turenne with a range of 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi). A new torch was installed in 1862 to accommodate a new 1 st order of Fresnel lens built by BBT.

On May 13, 1895 a new tower entered in service and it is still in use; it is a masonry white tower, 10 metres (33 ft) high, with balcony and lantern and a focal height of 110 metres (360 ft). In 1953 the lighthouse underwent to restoration works; the lantern was equipped with four focus lenses and four common lenses: two white and two red each. The lighthouse emits an alternate occulting light white or red every 60 seconds) visible up to 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) for the white light and 39 nautical miles (72 km; 45 mi) for that red. The lighthouse is managed by Brazilian Navy and is identified by the country code number BR-3288.[3][4]

See also

List of lighthouses in Brazil

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Southeastern Brazil". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  3. ↑ "Moela". Farois Brasileiros. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Moela, o mais antigo farol do litoral paulista". www.novomilenio.inf.br. Retrieved 8 July 2017.


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