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Kralendijk Lighthouse
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LocationBonaire, Kralendijk, Bonaire, Kralendijk, Netherlands Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates12°08′56″N 68°16′37″W / 12.14881°N 68.27681°W / 12.14881; -68.27681
Tower
Constructed1837 (first)[1]
Constructionstone tower[1]
Height7 metres (23 ft)[2]
Shapesquare tapered truncated tower with balcony and light[1]
Markingsochre tower
Power sourcemains electricity Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1932 (current)[1]
Focal height13 metres (43 ft)[2]
Range5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi)[2]
CharacteristicFl W 2s.[2]

Kralendijk Lighthouse (or Fort Orange Lighthouse) is a wooden lighthouse located in Kralendijk, Bonaire. It is located on the grounds of the 17th century military fortress Fort Orange. It was built around 1868, and replaced by a stone structure in 1932.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Bonaire". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016. p. {{{page}}}.
  3. ^ "Fort Orange". Bon Bini Bonaire (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2021.