Thursday, July 15, 2010

Navigating the Beagle Channel: Part 2

Having blog issues at the moment and I cannot open or edit existing posts.  Argh!   Excuse the typo's, etc in the first post.  Hopefully I'll be able to fix them later.

Isla de Los Lobos 









Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse (the French name "Les Éclaireurs" means "the Enlighteners" or "the Scouts")  stands on the northeastern-most islet of the five or more Les Eclaireurs islets, which it takes its name from, east of Ushuaia in the Beagle Channel. The brick-built tower is 33 feet high and 10 feet wide at the base, with its windowless wall painted red-white-red and topped by a black lantern housing and gallery. Only a door pointing to the west provides access to the building. The lighthouse, still in operation, is remote-controlled, automated and uninhabited. On December 23, 1920 the lighthouse was put into service - it is the most photographed lighthouse in South America.