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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Website: http://www.tunapointlighthouse.homestead.com/
Tower Height: 49 Height of Focal Plane: 111 Characteristic and Range: Two white flashes (separated by 10 seconds) every 30 seconds; range 16 nautical miles. Description of Tower: White, octagonal stone tower on keeper's dwelling.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Integral brick and stone keeper's dwelling. Date Established: 1892 Date Present Tower Built: 1892 Date Automated: 1989 Optics: 1892: Third order Fresnel lens, now 190 mm optic. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Directions:
This lighthouse station is not open to the public, but you can take Route 3 to Rte. 7760 south of Maunabo. The road descends to a small parking lot at a beach close to the lighthouse station, and the lighthouse can be photographed from here. Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse! Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places Keepers: Agustin Suárez Cruz (?)
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