Name and Location

Faro de Arenas Blancas (Arenas Blancas Lighthouse) is located in Villa de Mazo, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

Construction and History

The Faro de Arenas Blancas was built in the 1920s as part of a series of lighthouses designed to aid navigation along the Canary Islands' coastline. The original structure, although no longer extant, was likely a wooden or masonry tower with a lantern room housing a white light that emitted a beam every 8 seconds, visible up to a distance of 20 kilometers.

Architecture and Materials

The current lighthouse is a reinforced concrete structure with a square base and a tapered octagonal tower.

Light and Navigation

The lantern room, situated at a height of approximately 46 meters, houses a white light that rotates every 3+(1)+1+(1) minutes, breaking into three distinct flashes. The lighthouse plays an important role in navigation for vessels transiting the Atlantic Ocean.

Accessibility and Visiting

Please note that no information is available regarding accessibility or visiting this lighthouse.

Notable Views and Landscape

The Faro de Arenas Blancas stands on the western coast of La Palma Island, near the Punta de Arenas Blancas headland. The structure's coordinates are available through geoJSON formats.

Anecdotes and Folklore

No anecdotes or folklore stories are currently known about this lighthouse.

Technical and Operational Details

The Faro de Arenas Blancas is listed as a notable landmark on various online platforms, including Wikipedia (Spanish) and Wikimedia Commons.

Further Information

Sources: [GeoJSON dataset], [Wikipedia article] (es:Faro de Arenas Blancas).