| Angola is a large nation of southwestern Africa, located south of the Congo and north of Namibia. A former Portuguese colony, Angola dissolved into civil war immediately upon independence in 1975. The long and bitter war was finally ended in 2002, but the country is still in recovery. A problem in constructing this list was that the NGA listings for Angola are seriously out of date. For example, the Moita Seca and Ponta do Tafe lights are now modern fiberglass towers (top images at right), but they are described in NGA as framework towers. Current information and photos for Angolan light stations are badly needed. Lighthouses in Angola are maintained by the Instituto Maritimo y Portuario de Angola (IMPA), an agency of the transport ministry. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume D of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 113. What's Hot:
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![]() Farol da Ponta das Lagostas NGA Publication 123 |
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![]() Farol da Cabo Ledo, August 2007 photo copyright Octavio Perez; used by permission |
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![]() Farol da Cabo de Santa Maria NGA Publication 123 |
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Posted September 30, 2005. Checked and revised October 25, 2007. Lighthouses: 37. Site copyright 2007 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.