Cayo Caiman Grande de Santa María Lighthouse is a Cuban lighthouse located in Cayo Santa María, a resort island of the municipality of Caibarién, Villa Clara Province.
Location | Cayo Santa María Cuba |
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Coordinates | 22°41′06.0″N 78°53′01.2″W / 22.685000°N 78.883667°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1909 (first) |
Foundation | concrete base |
Construction | cast iron tower |
Height | 32 metres (105 ft) |
Shape | tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | white and red horizontal band tower, silver metalli lantern |
Light | |
First lit | 1955 (current) |
Focal height | 48 metres (157 ft) |
Lens | first-order Fresnel lens |
Range | 28 nautical miles (52 km; 32 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 5s. |
Cuba no. | CU-0325[1][2] |
See also
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edit- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Cuba". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
- ^ 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.