Lighthouse of Ponta das Contendas
The Ponta das Contendas Lighthouse in its setting on Contendas Point | |
| Location | Ponta das Contendas, Terceira Island, Vila de São Sebastião, Portugal |
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| Coordinates | 38°38′37″N 27°05′04″W / 38.643597°N 27.084381°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1882 |
| Construction | masonry |
| Height | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Shape | square tower with balcony and lantern rising from a 1-storey keeper's house |
| Markings | white tower, red lantern |
| Heritage | heritage without legal protection |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1934 |
| Focal height | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Lens | second-order lantern for a fifth-order light with six clarions (original), crystal optic with a third-order Fresnel rotational beacon (current) |
| Range | 23 nmi (43 km; 26 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl(4) WR 15s |
| Portugal no. | 745 |
The Ponta das Contendas Lighthouse (Portuguese: Farol da Ponta das Contendas) is lighthouse located along the promontory of Contendas, in the civil parish of São Sebastião, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira, in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.