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Name: Port Bouët Light   Map it!

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Also known as: Petit Bassam Light

Nearest Town or City:
Port Bouët, , Côte d'Ivoire

Location: Near Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West Africa.


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Photo: Courtesy of Michel Forand
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Notes:
Although this light station was not listed until the early 1930s, one postcard in the Related Photos section has a 1908 postmark.

Tower Height: 98

Height of Focal Plane: 112

Characteristic and Range: Three white flashes every 14 seconds, visible for 28 nautical miles.

Description of Tower: White square tower consisting of five stepped stages.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
c. 1900?: White, octagonal two-staged tower on a square stone base.

Date Established: c. 1900?

Date Present Tower Built: c. 1930

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse!


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