Farol da Ponta do Sinó

Farol da Ponta do Sinó

Farol da Ponta do Sinó
Farol da Ponta do Sinó
Cape Verde
Location Santa Maria, Sal, Cape Verde
Coordinates 16°35′N 22°55′W / 16.583°N 22.917°W / 16.583; -22.917Coordinates: 16°35′N 22°55′W / 16.583°N 22.917°W / 16.583; -22.917
Year first constructed 1892
Tower shape square parallelepiped tower
Height 9 metres (30 ft)
Focal height 11 metres (36 ft)
Range 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Characteristic Fl(2+1) W 15s
Admiralty number D-2922[1]
NGA number 113-24164
Cape Verde number 2080

Farol da Ponta do Sinó (the Farol da Ponta do Sinó Lighthouse), is a lighthouse in the southernmost point of the island of Sal in northeastern Cape Verde, it is located 400 meters north of Ponta do Sinó and around 2 km southwest of the center of Santa Maria.[2] Until 2003, the area featured nothing but small bushes and dirt roads, in the early 2010s, new hotels and villas (the nearest being Hotel Rio Funana (titled as Riu Funana, the Creole form, the name is African etymology) popped up north of the lighthouse and its communal limits spreaded to include the lighthouse and the whole portion.

The tower is quadrangular and is 9 meters tall and is made out of concrete, it has an outer staircase and features a lantern. All of the exterior are painted in white.[3]

About the lighthouse

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ponta Norte". Lighthouses in Cape Verde. Direcção Geral da Marinha e Portos (DGMP). Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  2. ↑ "ARLHS World List of Lights (WLOL)". Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "Ponta Norte (Reguinho Fiúra)". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Lighthouse Directory. 2 September 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

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