Apo Reef Lighthouse
The first lighthouse tower on Apo Reef | |
| Location | Apo Reef Natural Park, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines |
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| Coordinates | 12°39′41.3″N 120°24′52.5″E / 12.661472°N 120.414583°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1906 (first) |
| Foundation | concrete foundation |
| Construction | metal skeletal tower (first) reinforced concrete tower (current) |
| Height | 36 metres (118 ft) |
| Shape | hexagonal skeletal frame tower with central cylinder and galleries (first) octagonal prism skeletal surmounted by a square tower with two balconies and no lantern (current) |
| Markings | black tower with white three-tiered top (first) white tower (current) |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 40.8 metres (134 ft) |
| Lens | Third-order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) |
| Characteristic | Al WR 10s.(firstl) Fl W 10s. (current) |
The Apo Reef Light was a historic lighthouse built on Bajo Apo Island in Apo Reef Natural Park. The park is located in the middle of Mindoro Strait, west of the province of Occidental Mindoro, in the Philippines. The station was established to warn ships of the dangerous shallow reefs in that part of the strait.
The original tower was the tallest lighthouse tower ever erected in the Philippines. The 118-ft (36.0-m) tall structure was an iron skeletal tower with a central cylinder, reinforced by a hexagonal frame and topped with the lantern room with two levels of gallery.