Faro de Puno
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| Place: |
 Peru , Puno
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| Location: | On the pier | |
| Geographical location: | 15 ° 50 '7.2 " S , 70 ° 0' 55.5" W | |
| Height of tower base: | 3810 m | |
| Fire carrier height : | 9 m | |
| Fire height : | 10 m | |
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The Faro de Puno is a lighthouse ( Spanish Faro ) in Peru . It stands at the port of Puno , a city in the northwest of Lake Titicaca .
19 beacons are known on Lake Titicaca, eight in the Peruvian and eleven in the Bolivian part of the lake. Of these lighthouses, the Faro de Puno is the most famous. The approximately 9 m high iron round tower stands on a stone base and the fire height is approximately 10 m.
See also
Web links
Commons : Faro de Puno - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved February 8, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ^ Avisos a los Navegantes. (PDF) Servicio Nacional de Hidrografia Naval, August 2010, accessed on February 8, 2019 (Spanish).