Preguiças Lighthouse

Preguiças Lighthouse
Mandacaru

Lighthouse and keeper's quarters
Location	Maranhão Brazil
Coordinates	2°35′30.0″S 42°42′24.0″W
Tower
Constructed	1909 (first)
Construction	reinforced concrete tower
Height	35 metres (115 ft)
Shape	tapered cylindrical tower with four ribs, double balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower with four horizontal black bands
Light
First lit	1940 (current)
Focal height	46 metres (151 ft)
Lens	3rd order Fresnel lens
Range	43 nautical miles (80 km; 49 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 3s.
Brazil no.	BR-0808

Preguiças Lighthouse also called Mandacaru Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Maranhão, Brazil.[1]

White truncated conical concrete tower, four black bands, four ribs, double gallery.[2]

It is situated in the village Mandacaru on the banks of the Preguiças River, within the Lençois National Park. The nearest town is Barreirinhas, head of district. Built in 1940, it is still inhabited and visitable every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.[3]

Viewed from the Preguiças River

See also

• List of lighthouses in Brazil

References

1. "Faróis" (in Portuguese). CPMA- Capitania dos Portos do Maranhão. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
2. List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 234.
3. Rowlett, Russ (20 January 2009). "Lighthouses of Northern Brazil". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 October 2009.

External links

• Centro de Sinalização Náutica Almirante Moraes Rego (in Portuguese)