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Bugui Point Lighthouse
View on WikipediaBugui Point Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located on Bugui Point in the town of Aroroy, in the northern tip of Masbate Island, province of Masbate, in the Philippines.[1][2] It lights the entrance to the channel between Burias Island and Masbate Island and the channel between Burias and Ticao Islands leading to San Bernardino Strait.[3]
Key Information
Work on the light began in October 1893 but was halted by the Philippine Revolution in 1896. After the Philippine-American War, lighthouse construction was resumed by the new American government in the Philippines; and Bugui Point Lighthouse was lit on December 1, 1902.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Pub.112 List of Lights", p.190. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 2009.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the Philippines: Masbate". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ Bureau of Insular Affairs, U.S. War Department, "A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Island", p.110. Washington Government Printing Office, 1902.
External links
[edit]- Maritime Safety Services Command
- Light Stations of Bicol Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine at the Philippine Coast Guard Website.
- Bugui Point Lighthouse: The Lonely Sentinel of Aroroy, Masbate
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