The South American country of Guyana actually has a fairly long coastline, though it's much, much, much shorter than Brazil's, of course. As it also has one major city on the coast, that's where the only traditional lighthouse is found, too.
So, as the post title indicates, this lighthouse is in Georgetown, Guyana. To more precisely locate it on a map, click right here. Georgetown is where the Demarara River meets the Atlantic; the larger Essequibo River joins the Atlantic just to the north.
So now the Lighthouse Directory tells us:
"1830 (station established 1817). Active; focal plane 31.5 m (103 ft); flash every 60 s, red or white depending on direction. 30 m (98 ft) octagonal stone tower with lantern and gallery, painted with red and white vertical stripes. ... The lighthouse is a principal tourist attraction in Georgetown, the nation's capital. In 2003 a team from the Smithsonian Institution cleaned and restored the clockwork mechanism that rotates the lens. Visits to the lighthouse were suspended in September 2015 due to the need for repairs. As of May 2023 it is still closed."
I have four pictures below. The first and third pictures correspond to these links on Instagram, which are short videos (reels) on that source.
Visit Guyana
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