Faro Les Éclaireurs
| Faro Les Éclaireurs | ||
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| Place: |
 Argentina , Beagle Channel |
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| Location: | East of Ushuaia on an island | |
| Geographical location: | 54 ° 52 '17.4 " S , 68 ° 4' 59.6" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 11 m | |
| Fire height : | 22.5 m | |
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| Identifier : | Fl.W.10s | |
| Operating mode: | Solar energy | |
| Construction time: | 1918-1920 | |
| Operating time: | since December 23, 1920 | |
| International ordinal number: | G 1320 | |
The Faro Les Éclaireurs is a lighthouse ( Faro in Spanish ) in Argentina . It stands on an uninhabited island in the Beagle Channel , about eight nautical miles from the port of Ushuaia , one of the southernmost places on earth .
The eleven meter high lighthouse was built from 1918 on the northeastern island of Islotes les Éclaireurs with brick and went into operation on December 23, 1920. The unmanned beacon is now powered by solar energy and is maintained and monitored by the Argentine shipping authority Servicio de Hidrografía Naval .
Web links
Commons : Faro Les Éclaireurs - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Lista de Faros Argentinos. Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, accessed July 31, 2015 (Spanish).
- Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved July 31, 2015.