This page currently shows the documentation of the Lighthouses of Venezuela. The pictures below are linked to the relevant photo on the web (thus making available to you a higher resolution picture.) I am very grateful to Russ Rowlett at the University of North Carolina for his excellent Lighthouse Directory for the outline. Each lighthouse is linked to (in our editorial opinion) the best reference site for that light. LHdirectory |
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VE 2 |
| Monjes del Sur (2003)
Located at the summit of one of two small islands in the mouth of the Gulf of Venezuela just off the Colombian coast. Accessible only by boat. ARLHS # VEN-013
Photo courtesy Rainer Radloff [hfdx] |
VE 3 |
Isla San Carlos (Lago de Maracaibo) latitude 11° 0.5" N longitude 71° 36' 15.6" W |
Located on Isla San Carlos the west side of the entrance to the Lago de Maracaibo. |
VE 3B |
Punta Borojó latitude 11° 11' 47.5" N longitude 70° 46' 17.8" W |
Located on a sandy point of land on the south side of the Gulf of Venezuela. |
VE 3G |
Guaranao (Punto Fijo) latitude 11° 40' 0.1" N longitude 70° 12' 48.4" W |
The green sector guides vessels entering the Guaranao harbor on the south side of Punto Fijo, a city at the southwestern corner of the Paraguana Peninsula. Located on a bluff overlooking the south side of the harbor and city. |
VE 4 |
Punta Macolla |
Located on the north coast of the Paraguana Peninsula; it is said that Aruba (Dutch West Indies) can be seen from the base of the lighthouse. Accessible by hiking trail. ARLHS # VEN-018 |
VE 5 |
Cabo San Roman latitude 12° 11' 22.4" N longitude 69° 59' 54.8" W
In clear weather the new lighthouse is distantly visible from Aruba. Located on the beach at the northernmost point of the Paraguana Peninsula.
ARLHS says there are 2 lights here - an old one and the one currently in service. ARLHS # VEN-032
Photo courtesy Ray Radloff |
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VE 6 |
| Punta Adícora latitude 11° 56' 36.9" N longitude 69° 48' 13" W
Located on a point of land in the beach resort town of Adícora, on the east side of the Paraguana Peninsula.
Photo courtesy Jose Cherubini [Flickr] |
VE 7 |
Puerto Cumarebo |
Puerto Cumarebo is a port town about 25 miles northeast of Coro. ARLHS # VEN-026 |
VE 7N |
Cayo Noroeste |
Located on a small cay about 6 km northeast of Los Boquerones. Accessible only by boat. |
VE 8 |
Cayo Borracho |
This lighthouse is a twin of the Isla Chimana Segunda light. VE 13
Photo courtesy Located on a small cay about 15 km north of Chichiriviche. Accessible only by boat. |
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VE 9 |
Punta Brava latitude 10° 29' 24.1" N longitude 68° 31.7" W |
Apparently located on a headland just north of Puerto Cabello, the major port of northwestern Venezuela. ARLHS # VEN-027 |
VE 10 |
Naiguata |
Located in La Guaira, the seaport of Caracas. ARLHS # VEN-015 |
VE 12 |
Cabo Codera |
Located on a very steep headland about 100 km east of Caracas. ARLHS # VEN-031 |
VE 12C |
Ocumare de la Costa |
Puerto Cabello |
VE 13 |
Isla Chimana Segunda latitude 10° 17' 28.2" N longitude 64° 36' 24.4" W
Tours are available from Puerto La Cruz to the beach below the lighthouse, known as Playa El Faro, where there is shelter for day visitors. Located on a bluff at the west end of the island, roughly 40 km northeast of Puerto La Cruz. Accessible only by boat. ARLHS # VEN-030
Photo courtesy Rainer Radloff [hfdx] |
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Venezuelan West Indies
VE 14 |
| Los Roques (El Gran Roque)
Located on a hill in the center of El Gran Roque, the largest island of the group. The Islas de los Roques are the islands of a reef in the Caribbean about 100 miles north of La Guaira. reef ARLHS # VEN-025
Photo courtesy Walter Torres [Flickr] |
VE 15 |
Isla Farallón Centinela
The phrase farollón centinela means 'little sentry lighthouse.' Located atop an isolated rock in the Caribbean about 40 km north of Cabo Codera. Accessible only by boat; landing is difficult.
Photo courtesy Rainer Radloff [hfdx] |
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VE 16 |
| Cayo Herradura
The lighthouse is very similar to the Isla Chimana Segunda lighthouse. VE13
Cayo Herradura is a cay off the north coast of Isla La Tortuga, an uninhabited island about 30 km north of the mainland and 140 km west of Isla de Margarita. ARLHS # VEN-007
Photo courtesy Yvonne Becker [TrekEarth] |
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VE 16L |
La Blanquilla Island latitude 11° 49' 32" N longitude 64° 36' 22" W
Isla La Blanquilla is a low island about 6 mi in diameter, 120 km northwest of Isla Margarita. Located on the southwestern coast of the island. ARLHS # VEN-023
Photo courtesy Ray Radloff |
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VE 17 |
Punta Palanquete (Punta Charagato) |
Located at the northeastern point of the Isla Cubagua, about 15 km southwest of Punta de Piedras on the Isla de Margarita. The island is a popular dstination for scuba divers, and day trips are available from Punta de Piedras. ARLHS # VEN-035 |
VE 17M |
Punta Mosquito latitude 10° 53' 10.3" N longitude 63° 53' 43.1" W |
Located on the southern point of Isla Margarita, about 12 km southwest of Porlamar. |
VE 18 |
La Puntilla (Porlamar) latitude 10° 57' 0.9" N longitude 63° 50' 52.1" W
The lighthouse is located east of Calle la Marina on the waterfront of Porlamar, the principal town of the Isla de Margarita, on the south coast of the island. The Isla de Margarita is a large island about 40 km off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. ARLHS # VEN-012
Photo courtesy Juan Carlos Trujillo Maldonado [TrekEarth] |
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VE 18E |
| Hilton Marina Entrance latitude 10° 58' 24.1" N longitude 63° 49' 4" W
Located on the west mole of the Hilton Marina west of Pampatar
Photo courtesy © Jorge Karpati [webshots] |
VE 18M |
Hilton Marina latitude 10° 58' 29.5" N longitude 63° 49' 6.8" W
Located on the beach adjacent to the Hilton Marina.
Photo courtesy donnyb1507 [webshots] |
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VE 19 |
Punta Faragoza (Punta Zaragoza) latitude 11° 7' 29.9" N longitude 63° 55' 57.4" W |
Located on a promontory about 10 km southwest of the northeastern tip of Isla Margarita. Accessible by hiking trail from a popular beach on the east side of the promontory. ARLHS # VEN-033 |
VE 20 |
Isla Aves
Isla Aves (Bird Island) is a small, isolated scrap of land in the eastern Caribbean, about 200 km west southwest of Guadeloupe.
Photo courtesy Ray Radloff |
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VE 20S |
| Isla Las Aves (Aves de Sotavento)
Photo courtesy Rainer Radloff [hfdx] |
VE 21 |
Punta Ballena latitude 10° 59' 51.5" N longitude 63° 46' 38.8" W
Located high on a promontory at the easternmost point of the Isla Margarita, near Pampatar
Photo courtesy Vincente Guarache [Flickr] |
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VE 22 |
Cabo Negro (Cabo de la Isla) latitude 11° 10' 19.1" N longitude 63° 52' 58.9" W |
Located on the northeastern tip of Isla Margarita |
Northeastern Coast
VE 24 |
Carúpano (Cerro Miranda) |
Located on a hilltop behind the harbor of Carúpano, a seaport near the base of the Paría Peninsula in northeastern Venezuela. ARLHS # VEN-029 |
VE 25 |
Puerto Santo |
Located on a headland at the west end of a hammer-head shaped peninsula sheltering the harbor of Puerto Santo. |
VE 26 |
Cabo Tres Puntas |
Located on a prominent cape on the north side of the Paría Peninsula, about 50 km northwest of Güiria. |
VE 27 |
Punta Mejillones latitude 10° 42' 24.8" N longitude 62° 8' 32.6" W |
Punta Mejillones is a needle-sharp promontory, part of a ridge that continues underwater as a dangerous reef perpendicular to the coast. Located on a rock, a summit of the submerged ridge, about 25 km northeast of Güiria. Accessible only by boat. |
East Coast
VE 28 |
Güiria (Recalada Giria, Giria Landfall) |
Güiria, on the south side of the Paria Peninsula facing the Gulf of Paria, is the largest town on the peninsula. Located northeast of the harbor. |
VE 29 |
Isla Cotorra
The Isla Cotorra is on the south side of the Gulf of Paria; the light here helps guide vessels into the the Serpent's Mouth, the strait between Venezuela and the southwestern tip of Trinidad. Located at the northern tip of the island. ARLHS # VEN-028
Photo courtesy Ray Radloff |
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VE 30 |
Punta Barima |
Located on a promontory on the south side of the southernmost entrance to the Orinoco River. |
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