Tigres Island

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Tigres Island (Portuguese: Ilha dos Tigres) is an island in Angola.[3] It is situated in the Namibe Province.

Tigres Island
Native name:
Ilha dos Tigres
Tigres Island is located in Angola
Tigres Island
Tigres Island
Geography
LocationAtlantic Ocean
Coordinates16°36′S 11°41′E / 16.600°S 11.683°E / -16.600; 11.683
Area98 km2 (38 sq mi)
Length20 km (12 mi)
Width6 km (3.7 mi)
Highest elevation30 m (100 ft)
Administration
ProvinceNamibe Province
Demographics
Populationuninhabited
Ponta da Marca Lighthouse Edit this at Wikidata
Constructed1930s Edit this on Wikidata
Foundationon piles
Constructionmasonry tower (current)
metal skeletal tower (first) [1]
Height12 m (39 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Shapeconical tower (current)
square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony, lantern and enclosed observatory room (first)[1][2]
Markingswhite Edit this on Wikidata
Power sourcesolar power Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorInstituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola Edit this on Wikidata
Focal height15 m (49 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Range18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl(3) W 11s Edit this on Wikidata

History

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It is the largest island of Angola; its area is 98 km2. It once had been a small peninsula in Tigres Strait known as Península dos Tigres with a well established fishing village named Saint Martin of the Tigers (in Portuguese: São Martinho dos Tigres).

The ocean broke through the isthmus of the peninsula on March 14, 1962, and the water line was severed. Tigres became an island overnight with no water supply. Later Tigres and the pump station at the Cunene river mouth were abandoned, and have become ghost towns slowly being reclaimed by the desert.[4][5]

 
Ruins (2016)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Angola". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 11 May 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. 2016.
  3. ^ "Ilha dos Tigres". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Baía dos Tigres". www.redeangola.info. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  5. ^ "Cool Waters". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2017-07-05.