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Name: Isla Caja de Muertos Light  

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Also known as: Caja de Muerto Lighthouse, Muertos Island Light

Also known as: Coffin Island Light

Nearest Town or City:
Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States

Location: Off south central coast of Puerto Rico.


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Managing Organization:
Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources

Tower Height: 63

Height of Focal Plane: 297

Description of Tower: Gray, cylindrical stone tower.

Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.

This light is operational

Other Buildings?
One-story concrete keeper's house.

Date Established: 1887

Date Present Tower Built: 1887

Date Automated: 1945

Optics: 1887: Third order Fresnel lens; now 500 mm optic.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? Grounds only.

Directions:
Contact Island Venture Water Excursions at 787-842-8546 for information on getting to Isla Caja de Muertos from Ponce.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places


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