Preguiças Lighthouse

Preguiças Lighthouse
Mandacaru
Lighthouse and keeper's quarters
Brazil
Location Maranhão
Brazil
Coordinates 2°35′30.0″S 42°42′24.0″W / 2.591667°S 42.706667°W / -2.591667; -42.706667Coordinates: 2°35′30.0″S 42°42′24.0″W / 2.591667°S 42.706667°W / -2.591667; -42.706667
Year first constructed 1909 (first)
Year first lit 1940 (current)
Construction reinforced concrete tower
Tower shape tapered cylindrical tower with four ribs, double balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower with four horizontal black bands
Height 35 metres (115 ft)
Focal height 46 metres (151 ft)
Current lens 3rd order Fresnel lens
Range 43 nautical miles (80 km; 49 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 3s.
Admiralty number G0094
NGA number 110-17720
ARLHS number BRA-089
Brazil number BR-0808

Preguiças Lighthouse also called Mandacaru Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Maranhão, Brazil.[1]

White truncated conical concrete tower, four black bands, four ribs, double gallery.[2]

It is situated in the village Mandacaru on the banks of the Preguiças River, within the Lençois National Park. The nearest town is Barreirinhas, head of district. Built in 1940, it is still inhabited and visitable every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.[3]

Viewed from the Preguiças River

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Faróis" (in Portuguese). CPMA- Capitania dos Portos do Maranhão. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  2. ↑ 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. 2010. p. 234.
  3. ↑ Rowlett, Russ (20 January 2009). "Lighthouses of Northern Brazil". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 October 2009.



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