Gran Roque Lighthouse
Gran Roque Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Caribbean Islands, Venezuela. Gran Roque Lighthouse is situated nearby to the church Virgen del Valle, as well as near the aerodrome Los Roques Airport.Photo: Pedrosanch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Venezuela
- Also known as: “Faro del Gran Roque”, “Faro Holandés”, “Faro Holandés (Los Roques)”, and “Holandés Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Los Roques Airport and Cayos Francisquí.
Los Roques Airport
Aerodrome
Los Roques Airport is a small domestic airport on the El Gran Roque island in the Los Roques archipelago off the coast of mainland Venezuela, some 130 kilometres north of Caracas.
Cayos Francisquí
Island
Photo: M. Celeste Rabbat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cayos Francisquí also known as Cayos Franciskí, is the name of a group of Caribbean cays that form part of the Los Roques Archipelago National Park in northern Venezuela. Cayos Francisquí is situated 3 km east of Gran Roque Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gran Roque.
Gran Roque
Town
Photo: Berrucomons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gran Roque is an island, one of the federal dependencies of Venezuela, located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea in the archipelago of Los Roques, which has 1.7 km2 in extent, where the majority of the population lives. Los Roques Airport is located by the sea, a few meters from the beach.
Gran Roque Lighthouse
- Categories: ruins, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Caribbean Islands, Venezuela, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
11.9521° or 11° 57′ 8″ northLongitude
-66.67666° or 66° 40′ 36″ westInception
1870Open location code
773MX82F+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1124747028OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q5856169
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Satellite Map
Discover Gran Roque Lighthouse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Gran Roque Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Gran Roque”
- French: “Phare de Gran Roque”
- Spanish: “Faro Holandés (Los Roques)”
- Spanish: “Faro Holandés”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Virgen del Valle and Terminal Aérea Aeropuerto Los Roques.
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