Faro del Castillo del Morro
| Faro del Castillo del Morro | ||
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| Place: |
 Cuba , Havana
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| Location: | Cuba | |
| Geographical location: | 23 ° 9 '0.8 " N , 82 ° 21' 25.9" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 44 m | |
| Fire height : | 25 m | |
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| Identifier : | Fl (2) W.15s | |
| Scope knows: | 26 nm (48.2 km ) | |
| Optics: | Fresnel lens | |
| Function: | Sea fire | |
| Operating time: | since 1845 | |
| International ordinal number: | J 4857 | |
The Faro del Castillo del Morro is a lighthouse at the port entrance of the city of Havana on the island of Cuba .
The 25 m high lighthouse was built in 1844 on the city wall of the Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro (El Morro Castle), an old Spanish fortress. Today it is the symbol of the city of Havana. The lighthouse has a fire height of 44 meters and shows two white flashes as an identifier with a return of 15 seconds (Fl (2) W.15s).
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Commons : Faro Castillo del Morro - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Cuba ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved October 15, 2017.