Caja de Muertos Light

Caja de Muertos Light
Image taken in 1978
LocationPonce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates17°53′35.37″N 66°31′16.28″W / 17.8931583°N 66.5211889°W / 17.8931583; -66.5211889
Tower
Constructed1887 
Foundationstone base
Constructionstone (Classical revival) tower
Automated1945
Height19 m (62 ft) 
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern atop a keeper's house
Markingsgray tower, black lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place 
Light
First lit1887
Focal height91 m (299 ft) 
LensThird-order Fresnel.
Range18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi) 
CharacteristicFl W 30s 
Faro de la Isla Caja de Muertos
Architectural styleNeoclassical
MPSLighthouse System of Puerto Rico TR
NRHP reference No.81000690
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 1981

Caja de Muertos Light, (Faro de la Isla de Caja de Muertos) is an 1887 lighthouse in Ponce, Puerto Rico, that is unique amongst all other lighthouses in Puerto Rico for its unusual Cross of Lorraine, double-arm, T-type shape structure. The historic lighthouse is located on Caja de Muertos, an uninhabited island off the coast of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The light stands at the highest point of the island.