Puerto Obaldía

Puerto Obaldia Lighthouse
Panama
Location Puerto Obaldía
Guna Yala
Panama
Coordinates 8°40′01.7″N 77°25′14.3″W / 8.667139°N 77.420639°W / 8.667139; -77.420639
Foundation concrete base
Construction metal skeletal tower
Tower shape square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and light
Markings / pattern white tower
Height 12 metres (39 ft)
Focal height 12 metres (39 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Characteristic L Fl W 10s.
Admiralty number J6143
NGA number 16630[1] [2]

Puerto Obaldía is the smallest and easternmost of the four corregimientos of the Kuna Yala indigenous region of Panama, located on the border with Colombia. This mainland area that does not include any islands cannot be reached overland. It has an aerodrome. At the census of population of 2000, the number was 672, of which 533 resided in the main town of Puerto Obaldía. Other settlements werde La Miel (pop. 80), La Boca (pop. 31), and Playa Blanca (pop. 28).

See also

References

  1. ↑ Northern Panamá The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 January 2017
  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. 2016.

Coordinates: 8°39′N 77°24′W / 8.650°N 77.400°W / 8.650; -77.400


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