Albardão Lighthouse

Albardão Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on a sandy strip known as Praia do Cassino, in the municipality of Santa Vitória do Palmar, Brazil on the South Atlantic Ocean; the lighthouse is one of the southernmost Brazilian lights.

History
The first lighthouse at this location was lit on May 3, 1909, and was a cast iron tower 35 m high. It was painted in dark red and equipped with a 3rd order dioptre lens having a range of 18 nmi. The current lighthouse was built on project of Ernst Schaffer by the Christiani-Nielsen builder in 1948. It is a concrete tower 44 m high with balcony and lantern painted in white and black rhomboid shape. The light is equipped with Barbier, Benard, et Turenne third order Fresnel lens and emits four white flashes every 25 seconds visible up to 42 nmi. The lighthouse is managed by Brazilian Navy and is identified by the country code number BR-4656.

Albardão Lighthouse is located in Hermenegildo Beach