Bugui Point Lighthouse
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| Location | Bugui Point, Masbate Island, Aroroy municipality, Masbate, Philippines |
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| Coordinates | 12°36′0.54″N 123°14′16.73″E / 12.6001500°N 123.2379806°E |
| Construction | stone (tower) |
| Tower shape | tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | grey[1] |
| Tower height | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Focal height | 66 m (217 ft) |
| Original lens | third order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl(3) W 10s |
Bugui Point Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located on Bugui Point in the town of Aroroy, at the northern tip of Masbate Island, province of Masbate, in the Philippines.[2][3] It lighted the channel between Burias Island and Masbate Island; and the channel between Burias and Ticao Island leading to San Bernardino Strait.[4] Work on the light began in October 1893 but was halted by the Philippine Revolution in 1896. After the Philippine-American War, lighthouse construction was resumed by the new American government in the Philippines; and Bugui Point Lighthouse was lit on December 1, 1902.
"Faro De Punta Bugui", as it was called during Spanish colonial times, is in Bugui Point, in the municipality of Aroroy, in the northwest point of the province of Masbate. The lighthouse's location, along the route from San Bernardino Strait going to Manila — also called the "Southern Passage" — was considered essential during the famed Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade (1565–1815).[5] [6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, "List of Lights, Pub. 112", NGA, 2009
- ↑ "Pub.112 List of Lights", p.190. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 2009.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the Philippines: Masbate". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ↑ Bureau of Insular Affairs, U.S. War Department, "A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Island", p.110. Washington Government Printing Office, 1902.
- ↑ The Manila Galleon Trade (1565–1815) | The Met Fifth Avenue
- ↑ Manila galleon | Britannica.com
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