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"Ponta de Sagres", NGA List of Lights, NGA: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 26 September 2009 Informações , Associação Náutica da Marina do Parque das Nações, 20 December 2002 Novo Sistema de Radionavegação de Base Terrestre , Marinha Portuguesa, 21 October 2005
In 1954, the energy power was converted to acetylene gas and in 1976 the lighthouse was electrified, although gas was still used for the light until 1983. In 1992, the Ponta do Altar lighthouse was automated, using a system supplied by the Gisman company, being then controlled by the Lighthouse of Cabo de São Vicente near Sagres. In 2001, the ...
Sagres Point's location in Continental Portugal The windswept point with the castle.. Sagres Point (Ponta de Sagres, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsaɣɾɨʃ], from the Latin Promontorium Sacrum ‘Holy Promontory’) is a windswept shelf-like promontory located in the southwest Algarve region of southern Portugal.
The Lighthouse of Cabo de São Vicente (Portuguese: Farol do Cabo de São Vicente) is a beacon/lighthouse located along the coastal peninsula of Sagres Point in the civil parish of Sagres, in the Portuguese municipality of the Vila do Bispo. [1]
Dzilam de Bravo Lighthouse [9] Dzilam de Bravo Municipality 21°23′40″N 88°53′12″W [11] 18 [12] 10 [12] 110-15636: Frontera Lighthouse [10] Frontera 18°36′48″N 92°41′18″W: 1882: 29: 30: 15: 110-15504: Gran Puerto de Cancún Lighthouse [5] Puerto Juárez 21°11′0″N 86°48′24″W: 2005: 58: 58: 24: 110-15694: Huatulco ...
Fort São Vicente (Fortaleza de São Vicente in Portuguese) is a military monument in Sagres, in the Algarve region of Portugal. It consists of the remains of a fortification, with a lighthouse inside. [1] It was built in the 16th century to protect a coastal strip and an existing monastery on the site. [1]
The modernist-style lighthouse in Póvoa de Varzim, known as the Farol de Regufe. The tallest lighthouse in Portugal, the Farol de Praia da Barra is situated on the coast of Gafanha da Nazaré The original Farol de Cabo Carvoeiro was found inadequate in 1881, and was reconstructed starting in 1886
Ponta de Lândana Lighthouse: 1950s: Lândana: Oc W 5s. 60 metres (200 ft) 25492: D4326: 9 Ponta da Marca Lighthouse ~1930s: Tigres Island: Fl (3) W 11s. 15 metres (49 ft) 25724: D5460: 18 Ponta do Noronha Lighthouse