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Name: Punta Dungeness Lighthouse  

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Also known as: Faro Punta Dungeness

Nearest Town or City:
, Chile

Location: Northern side of Atlantic entrance to the Strait of Magellan, southern Chile.


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Photo: Chilean Maritime Signaling Service

Managing Organization:
Chilean Maritime Signaling Service

Website: http://www.directemar.cl/senmar/ingles/default.htm

Tower Height: 82

Height of Focal Plane: 105

Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every 10 seconds, visible for 21 nautical miles.

Description of Tower: White, hexagonal, pyramidal, skeletal fiberglass tower, red bands, adjoining white house with red roof.

This light is operational

Date Established: c. 1870s

Date Present Tower Built: 1899

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? Unknown.


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