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El Rincón Lighthouse

Lighthouse in Argentina

Lighthouse

39°23′5.04″S 62°0′53.42″W / 39.3847333°S 62.0148389°W / -39.3847333; -62.0148389TowerConstructed1925Constructionconcrete towerHeight203 feet (62 m)Shapetapered cylindrical tower with double gallery and lanternMarkingsblack and white tower with horizontal bandsLightFocal height210 feet (64 m)Range29 nautical miles (54 km; 33 mi)CharacteristicFl (2+1) W 40s.

El Rincón Light is an active lighthouse in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. At a height of 203 feet (62 m) it is the nineteenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world,^[1] and one of the tallest concrete lighthouses in the world. Located about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Pedro Luro on the Península Verde, it guards a principal entrance to the seaport of Bahía Blanca. Two stamps featuring the lighthouse were created, one in 2006 and the other one in 2010.^[2]

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^ "Stamps – Argentina | Lighthouse Stamp Society". Retrieved 2021-12-21.

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. 2010. p. 270.
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northern Argentina". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.