Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light

Recalada a Bahía Blanca
Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light
LocationMonte Hermoso
Argentina
Coordinates38°59′26.74″S 61°15′35.85″W / 38.9907611°S 61.2599583°W / -38.9907611; -61.2599583
Tower
Constructed1906
Constructioncast iron
Height220 feet (67 m)
Shapeoctagonal pyramidal skeletal tower with central cylinder
Markingsred and white horizontal bands
HeritageNational historical monument of Argentina 
Light
Focal height245 feet (75 m)
Range28 nautical miles (52 km; 32 mi)
CharacteristicFl W 9 s.

Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light, also known as Monte Hermoso Light or simply Recalada Light (lit. landfall), is an active lighthouse in Monte Hermoso, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, marking the entrance to the Bahía Blanca. At a height of 220 feet (67 m) it is the eleventh-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest lighthouse in the Southern Hemisphere and the tallest lighthouse built of metal in the lattice tower configuration