Lighthouse of Ponta da Barca, Graciosa

The Lighthouse of Ponta da Barca is a beacon/lighthouse located along the 24 metres cliffs of Ponta da Barca, near the hamlet of Bom Jesus, civil parish of Santa Cruz da Graciosa on the island of the same, the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. Immediately near the lighthouse, is the emblematic baleia de pedra, a curious geological basaltic rock that has resisted erosion, in the shape of a whale. The lighthouse includes a symmetrical single-floor building, and a 23-metre high cylindrical tower that extends its lamp to 71 metres above the ocean surface. It is considered a second-order lighthouse, which began operating on 1 February 1930. ()