Touros Lighthouse
Calcanhar Lighthouse, also known as Touros Lighthouse and formerly named Olhos D'Agua, is an active lighthouse in Touros, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. At a height of 203 feet it is the nineteenth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest in Brazil, and one of the tallest concrete lighthouses in the world.Photo: Thyrone Domingos, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: Sunday 2:00 PM—5:00 PM
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Also known as: “Calcanhar Lighthouse” and “Farol do Calcanhar”
- Historically known as: “Olhos D’Agua Light”
Touros Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Touros, Rio Grande do Norte, Northeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-5.16111° or 5° 9′ 40″ southLongitude
-35.48654° or 35° 29′ 12″ westElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Height
62 metres (203 feet)Open location code
6966RGQ7+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1181442129OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11497731Wikidata ID
Q3073384
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Touros Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡爾坎尼亞燈塔”
- French: “phare de Calcanhar”
- French: “Phare de Calcanhar”
- Georgian: “კალკანარის შუქურა”
- German: “Farol do Calcanhar”
- German: “Leuchtturm Calcanhar”
- German: “Leuchtturm von Touros”
- German: “Olhos D’Agua[”
- Portuguese: “Farol de Touros”
- Portuguese: “Farol do Calcanhar”
- Portuguese: “Farol Ponta do Calcanhar”
- Portuguese: “Farol”
- Spanish: “Farol do Calcanhar”
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