Farol da Ponta do Pargo
| Farol da Ponta do Pargo | ||
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| Place: | Ponta do Pargo | |
| Location: | western tip of Madeira | |
| Geographical location: | 32 ° 48 '49.9 " N , 17 ° 15' 47.1" W | |
| Height of tower base: | 290 m | |
| Fire height : | 312 | |
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| Identifier : | Fl (3) W.20s | |
| Scope knows: | 26 nm (48.2 km ) | |
| Operating mode: | electrified since 1989 | |
| Operating time: | since June 5, 1922 | |
| International ordinal number: | D-2752 | |
The Farol da Ponta do Pargo is a lighthouse that is located in Ponta do Pargo on the Portuguese island of Madeira in the Madeira archipelago .
The lighthouse is located on the western tip of the island at an altitude of 290 meters and was commissioned on June 5, 1922. The tower is 14 meters high.
The lighthouse was electrified in 1989 with energy from the public grid and in 1999 was classified as a cultural heritage of local value by the regional government.
In 2001 a small lighthouse museum was set up.
In 2017 the lighthouse of Ponta do Pargo was the most visited lighthouse in Portugal with 14,232 visitors.
Web links
Commons : Farol da Ponta do Pargo - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Portugal: Madeira ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals. Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, The Mediterranian Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF; 3.3 MB), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia, 2014, p. 414
- ↑ Faróis de Portugal | www.ancruzeiros.pt. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Farol da Ponta do Pargo. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Farol da Ponta do Pargo in the Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico (Portuguese)
- ↑ Agência Lusa, Agência Lusa: Faróis portugueses receberam quase 74 mil visitantes em 2017. Accessed June 21, 2019 (European Portuguese).