Location | southwest of Nouadhibou, Mauritania near the border with the Western Sahara |
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Coordinates | 20°46′20.5″N 17°02′51.2″W / 20.772361°N 17.047556°W |
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Constructed | 1910 |
The Cap Blanc Lighthouse (also known as the Ras Nouadhibou Lighthouse) is an active lighthouse located on Ras Nouadhibou (French: Cap Blanc) in Mauritania. Constructed in 1910, it is today located only a few feet from Mauritania's border with Western Sahara.[1] In recent years the lighthouse has been incorporated as the rear range light of a pair of leading lights. A modern fiberglass light structure forms the front of the range. The lighthouse serves as a landfall light for the port of Nouadhibou.[1][2][3] A few kilometers northeast near Cansado is the Pointe de Cansado lighthouse, built in 1913.