Back Farol da Ponta das Contendas German Phare de Ponta das Contendas French Farol da Ponta das Contendas Portuguese
 The Ponta das Contendas Lighthouse in its setting on Contendas Point | |
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| Location | Ponta das Contendas, Terceira Island, Vila de São Sebastião, Portugal |
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| Coordinates | 38°38′37″N 27°05′04″W / 38.643597°N 27.084381°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1882  |
| Construction | masonry[1] |
| Height | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Shape | square tower with balcony and lantern rising from a 1-storey keeper's house |
| Markings | white tower, red lantern |
| Heritage | heritage without legal protection |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1934 |
| Focal height | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Lens | second-order lantern for a fifth-order light with six clarions (original), crystal optic with a third-order Fresnel rotational beacon (current) |
| Range | 23 nmi (43 km; 26 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl(4) WR 15s |
| Portugal no. | 745 |
The Ponta das Contendas Lighthouse (Portuguese: Farol da Ponta das Contendas) is lighthouse located along the promontory of Contendas, in the civil parish of São Sebastião, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.[2][3][4]
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Portugal: Azores". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Notice to Mariners", Admiralty List of Lights (ALL), Taunton, Sommerset, England: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 2011, retrieved 18 July 2011
- ^ "Identification Codes", ARLHS World List of Lights (WLOL), Merchantville, New Jersey: Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society/The Weidner Publishing Group., 2003, retrieved 18 July 2011
- ^ "Maritime Safety Information", NGA List of Lights, Springfield, Virginia: U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), 2011, retrieved 18 July 2011