For historical reasons, I was poking around the coast of Argentina recently. So even though this Lighthouse is a bit late for last Week, I'm still going to use it.
Argentina has quite a few lights, but from what I can see in the Directory, not a lot of them are the traditional tower variety. Many of them are the skeletal kind, or little boxes.
However, this one is quite handsome. So as is my habit, first the location, which is here on the coast of Argentina. It's "in the middle" of the coast, well south of Buenos Aires.
So now about the lighthouse, let's learn:
"1925 (Santiago Orengo). Active; focal plane 78 m (256 ft); four white flashes, separated by 5 s, every 32 s. 27 m (89 ft) square brick tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; lantern and gallery painted black. ... Located about 13 km (8 mi) north of Comodoro Rivadavia, the southernmost city of Chubut."
I acquired three pictures and a video, which are shown below. The video shows that the lighthouse is breathtakingly isolated.
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