Farol de D. Amélia
Farol de Dona Amélia
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 Farol de Dona Amélia
Ponta Machado Cape Verde
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| Location | near São Pedro São Vicente Cape Verde |
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| Coordinates | 16°49′35.7″N 25°05′06.9″W / 16.826583°N 25.085250°WCoordinates: 16°49′35.7″N 25°05′06.9″W / 16.826583°N 25.085250°W |
| Year first constructed | 1894 |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Tower shape | square prism tower with balcony and lantern rising from one-story keeper's house |
| Markings / pattern | white tower |
| Height | 14 metres (46 ft) |
| Focal height | 56 metres (184 ft) |
| Range | 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 5s. |
| Admiralty number | D2946 |
| NGA number | 24096 |
| ARLHS number | CAP-002 |
| Cape Verde number | PT-2020 |
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Farol de D. Amélia, also known as farol da ponta Machado (Ponta Machado Lighthouse) or farol de São Pedro is a lighthouse in the southwestern point of the island of São Vicente in northwestern Cape Verde approximately 3 km west of the village of São Pedro, it is in the westernmost part of the small hill range dominating the island's westernmost part. It is accessed via the resort named Foya Branca (which in the early 2010s added more villas) and continues by a pathway which contains stairways about 2 km long.
The lighthouse tower has a white square shape with a lantern and a gallery, 14 m high. The colour is white with pink.
The lighthouse was completed in 1894 in the heyday of ship traffic that almost all stopped at Porto Grande Bay and Mindelo, it continued until the Great Depression of 1930. Today it guides ships that are stopping or leaving Porto Grande Bay, domestic shipping and ferry and ships entering and leaving the archipelago.
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