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Cabra Island Lighthouse

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all gone. The original bronze marker were stolen by thieves and is now replaced by the locals with a white board with the original inscriptions. The roof of the keeper's house and utility rooms have since collapsed. The lighthouse is closed to visitors due to its dilapidated state.
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with a new solar-powered tower located next to the previous tower under its Maritime Safety Improvement Project. After the replacement, the lighthouse was abandoned and left open for thieves and vandals. The expensive first-order lens were vandalized with the large front
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The original light, visible for 25 nautical miles (29 mi; 46 km), was shown from a 67-foot (20 m) high square tower on the west angle of the station. It is visible around the entire horizon except where obscured by Lubang and Ambil Islands.
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The lighthouse of Cabra was the first completed during Spain's revitalized program of lighthouse construction in the Philippines. Construction was started on May 3, 1885, and it was first lit on March 1, 1889. It was also the first of the five
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were welcomed by the Cabra Light and directed either towards
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Historic lighthouse in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines
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Puerto Rico
Isla Cabras Light


Cabra Island
Lubang
Occidental Mindoro
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Coordinates
13°53′19″N 120°01′24″E / 13.8886°N 120.0233°E / 13.8886; 120.0233
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Characteristic
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lighthouse
Cabra Island
Lubang group of islands
Occidental Mindoro
Philippines
South China Sea
Manila Bay
Verde Island Passage
first-order
lighthouses
colonization

Philippine Coast Guard
Fresnel lenses

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