Half Moon Caye Light
Half Moon Caye Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Half Moon Caye located in the Lighthouse Reef in Belize.
 The east side of the Island and the old lighthouse in the distance. | |
  Half Moon Caye Belize | |
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| Location | Half Moon Caye Belize |
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| Coordinates | 17.205449°N 87.534094°W |
| Year first constructed | 1820 (first) 1845 and 1931 (restored) |
| Year first lit | 1998 (current) |
| Deactivated | 1997 (first) [1] |
| Foundation | brick basement |
| Construction | metal skeletal tower (first and current) |
| Tower shape | square pyramidal tower with balcony and lantern (first) square pyramidal tower with balcony and no lantern (current) |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and lantern |
| Tower height | 24 metres (79 ft) (first) 24 metres (79 ft) (current) |
| Focal height | 24 metres (79 ft) (current) |
| Range | 14 nautical mile  |
| Characteristic | Fl (4) W 10s. |
| Admiralty number | J5936 |
| NGA number | 16292 |
| ARLHS number | BLZ-017 (first) BLZ-013 (current) |
| Managing agent | Half Moon Caye Natural Monument[2] |
History
The station was originally established in 1820, the lighthouse was formed by a skeletal tower restored in 1848 and reinforced with a steel frame in 1931. It had a square frustum shape, with enclosed base and an upper observation room, balcony and lantern and a height of 24 metres (79 ft). In the latest years the lighthouse moved progressively toward the water because the trend in the weather change. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1997 and from then begun to wreck. A new skeletal tower was built in 1998 inland respect to the former light, it is equipped with a beacon which emits four white flashes every 10 seconds. In September 2010 the Tropical Storm Matthew destroyed completely the old lighthouse.
See also
References
- ambergriscaye.com
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Belize". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Belize". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
