Year first constructed 1945 (first) Construction steel tower | Year first lit 1966 (current) Height 1.8 m | |
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Location Cape San Pablo
Argentina Tower shape square pyramidal skeletal tower Markings / pattern rectangular black and yellow day mark | ||
The Cape San Pablo Lighthouse is located 50 km south-east of the city of Río Grande, in the department of Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. It is situated on Cape San Pablo, at a very characteristic isolated mountain that is a prominent formation on the coast line.
History
The construction of the lighthouse started on March 15, 1945. In December 1949 there was a seismic movement that bent the tower. This situation forced the removal of the illumination equipment and the deactivation of the signal. In 1966 the rebuilding of the lighthouse was organized. Nowadays the lighthouse consists of a yellow pyramid-shaped tower, 6 meters in height, with a black triangle with its vertex upside down. There is a platform located at the top section which holds a luminance lantern fuelled by solar energy having an optic range of 12.5 nautical miles.