Batag Island Lighthouse
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 Philippines
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| Location | Laoang, Northern Samar |
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| Coordinates | 12°39′29.46″N 125°3′39.13″E / 12.6581833°N 125.0608694°ECoordinates: 12°39′29.46″N 125°3′39.13″E / 12.6581833°N 125.0608694°E |
| Year first constructed | 1907 |
| Deactivated | n/a |
| Construction | reinforced concrete tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | unpainted tower |
| Height | 30.8 metres (101 ft) |
| Focal height | 95.4 metres (313 ft) |
| Original lens | third-order dioptric |
| Current lens | inactive |
| Range | 25 miles (40.2 Km) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s. |
| Fog signal | none |
| Admiralty number | F2448 |
| NGA number | 15004 |
| ARLHS number | PHI-010 |
| Heritage |
National Historical Landmark 
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Batag Island Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse on Batag Island off the coast of the town of Laoang in the province of Northern Samar in the Philippines. The light marks the northeastern point of Samar Island and lead international ships to the entrance of the San Bernardino Strait marked by the San Bernardino Light. One of the most traveled waterways in the archipelago, together with the Capul Island Light, these stations are invaluable to vessels coming from the Pacific Ocean and entering the country through the San Bernardino Strait on its way to Manila or any other ports of the Philippines.
After Maniguin Island and Cape Bolinao Lighthouse, this is the third major lighthouse wholly designed and built by the Americans in the early part of American Colonial Period in the Philippines. It was the exact duplicate of the Cape Bolinao lighthouse when it was completed, both standing at 101 ft (30.8m) and both equipped with third-order lights.
The Batag lighthouse together with the Capul Island Lighthouse were declared provincial historical landmarks by the province of Northern Samar in October 2008.
Lighthouses in the Philippines are maintained by the Philippine Coast Guard.
A lighthouse on Batag Island was on the first approved group of 42 lights in the Spanish Maritime Lighting Plan of the Philippine Archipelago. A first-order light was planned for the location but the project was terminated early on.
In 1906, the Director of Navigation, J. M. Helm proposed the construction of two third-class lights, one on Batag Island and the other on Isabel Island in Romblon province. A temporary landing pier was constructed on the island to facilitate the landing of materials for the construction of the station. At the end of the year, there was practically no money available for the construction of new lights after adopting the permanent improvement policy wherein all timber structures were rebuilt with permanent materials like reinforced concrete as fast as they reach the limit of economical repair. The policy has resulted in the installation of fewer lights per annum, but which has rapidly reduced the cost of maintaining the system.
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