Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Lighthouse of the Week, April 7-13, 2019: Cape Bojeador, Ilocos Norte, Philippines


So for the last of my Philippines lighthouses for awhile, I went with a Spanish heritage lighthouse.  Now, the first of the three, Corregidor Island, was a Spanish lighthouse, but it was rebuilt. The Cape Bojeador light, featured this week, has been renovated recently -- there are numerous pictures of this one on the Web, many of them taken before it was renovated, but enough after it was renovated to make it clear that it was renovated.

So where is it?  Here is where it is.  It is on far northern Luzon, the northern main island of the archipelago.

Here's what the Lighthouse Directory says about it:
"One of the best known of all Philippine lighthouses, located at the northwestern corner of Luzon. It is a 65 ft (20 m) octagonal stone tower completed in 1892. The original lantern and lens remain, although the lens was badly damaged by an earthquake in 1990; the active lens is outside the lantern, I believe. This is one of the few Philippine lighthouses still staffed, although the principal function of the keepers is to lead tours."
And now the pictures I've selected - and a short drone video, too!
























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