The Cap Blanc Lighthouse (also known as the Ras Nouadhibou Lighthouse) is an active lighthouse located on Ras Nouadhibou (French: Cap Blanc) in Mauritania. Constructed in 1910, it is today located only a few feet from Mauritania's border with Western Sahara.[1] In recent years the lighthouse has been incorporated as the rear range light of a pair of leading lights. A modern fiberglass light structure forms the front of the range. The lighthouse serves as a landfall light for the port of Nouadhibou.[1][2][3] A few kilometers northeast near Cansado is the Pointe de Cansado lighthouse, built in 1913.

Cap Blanc Lighthouse
Cap Blanc in 2005
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Locationsouthwest of Nouadhibou, Mauritania
near the border with the
Western Sahara
Coordinates20°46′20.5″N 17°02′51.2″W / 20.772361°N 17.047556°W / 20.772361; -17.047556
Tower
Constructed1910

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  1. ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mauritania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. p. 433.
  3. ^ "Cap Blanc Light". Lighthouse Explorer. Lighthouse Digest. Retrieved 10 January 2017.