Global InformationLighthouse of Carapacho information
 The Nationalist-style tower of Carapacho and utility building, alongside the lighthouse-keepers' house | |
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| Location | Santa Cruz da Graciosa Graciosa Island Azores Portugal |
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| Coordinates | 39°00′51.4″N 27°57′18.5″W / 39.014278°N 27.955139°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1956 |
| Construction | concrete tower[1] |
| Automated | 1978 |
| Height | 14 metres (46 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with eight ribs rising from a one-storey keeper's house with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | unpainted tower, red lantern dome and trim |
| Power source | mains electricity  |
| Heritage | heritage without legal protection |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 191 metres (627 ft) |
| Lens | Fourth-order light with three clarions (original), crystal optic with a six-order light with three clarion, rotational beacon (current) |
| Intensity | 50 Watt/12 Volt halogen light |
| Range | 20 nautical miles (37 km) |
| Characteristic | Fl (2) W 10s. |
| Portugal no. | PT-792[2] |
The Lighthouse of Carapacho (Portuguese: Farol do Carapacho/Ponta da Restinga) is a beacon/lighthouse located along the cliffs of Ponta da Restinga, near the hamlet of Carapacho, civil parish of Luz on the island of Graciosa, the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.[3][4]
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Portugal: Azores". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Portugal: Azores". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ^ "Identification Codes", ARLHS World List of Lights (WLOL), Merchantville, New Jersey: Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society/The Weidner Publishing Group., 2003, retrieved 18 July 2011
- ^ "Notice to Mariners", Admiralty List of Lights (ALL), Taunton, Sommerset, England: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 2011, retrieved 18 July 2011