It isn't often that you discover a 177-foot tall lighthouse that you never saw before. OK, despite doing this for years, I'm not an expert, so there may be many more. But I think, statistically, there aren't very many this tall.
So this week's lighthouse is the Faro Claromecó, located south of Buenos Aires, Argentina. See where that is by clicking here.
Though this is a quite noticeable lighthouse, surprisingly the Lighthouse Directory entry for it is short. Here's what I borrowed:
"1922 (Dyckerhoff y Widmann S.A.). Active; focal plane 70 m (230 ft); three white flashes (in a 2+1 pattern) every 30 s. 54 m (177 ft) round concrete tower with lantern and gallery painted with black and white horizontal bands. ... The lighthouse is adjacent to a popular seaside spa, the Balneario Claromecó. The skeleton of a large whale that washed up nearby is displayed in the base of the tower. Located on the coast about halfway between Necochea and Bahía Blanca."
Another website about it: The Claromecó Lighthouse
Pictures of this tall tower are below.
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