Baron Bliss Light
Baron Bliss Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Belize City. Established in 1885 on the former site of a Spanish fortress which was extremely damaged after the Battle of St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Belize
- Also known as: “Baron Bliss Lighthouse”, “Baron Bliss Monument”, “Fort George Light”, and “Fort George Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Great House Inn and Museum of Belize.
The Great House Inn
Hotel
Photo: Silver Dovelet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Great House Inn is a hotel, which is situated 480 feet north of Baron Bliss Light.
Museum of Belize
Museum
Photo: Bernt Rostad, CC BY 2.0.
The Museum of Belize is an art and history museum in Belize City, Belize. Museum of Belize is situated 2,500 feet north of Baron Bliss Light.
St. John’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Adam Buhler, CC BY 2.0.
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist is an Anglican cathedral church, located in Belize City, Belize. It is the oldest Anglican Church in Central America. St. John’s Cathedral is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Baron Bliss Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belize City and Principality of Islandia.
Belize City
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belize City is the largest city in Belize. It is on a small peninsula protruding into the Caribbean Sea. It was the capital city until flooding and other damage from a hurricane in 1961 prompted the government to relocate to Belmopan, closer to the geographic centre of the country.
Principality of Islandia
Locality
The Principality of Islandia is an incipient micronation that claims Coffee Caye in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Belize as its territory. Coffee Caye is a currently uninhabited island of 1.2 acres separated by a short boat trip from Belize City. Principality of Islandia is situated 6 miles north of Baron Bliss Light.
Baron Bliss Light
- Categories: monument, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Belize District, Belize, Central America, North America
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Latitude
17.49141° or 17° 29′ 29″ northLongitude
-88.18142° or 88° 10′ 53″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
769HFRR9+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3264534077OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Baron Bliss Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare Baron Bliss”
- French: “Phare Baron Bliss”
- French: “phare du Fort George”
- Russian: “Маяк Барона Блисса”
- Spanish: “Faro Baron Bliss”
- Spanish: “Faro Barón Bliss”
- Ukrainian: “Маяк барона Блісса”
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