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Ninety seconds on Faro Punta Corona
Worth driving out even when the compound is shut: the light stands 66 m above the sea and still flashes every ten seconds. The last stretch of road runs along the open Pacific.
A small museum inside the naval compound shows objects from the lives of the keepers and guards of the point. The station is still lived in, so visits follow the navy's calendar, not a posted timetable. The tower itself is concrete and 9.5 m tall.
Lookouts on the headland face the open ocean. The forts of Ahui and Chaicura lie along the other branch of the fork, so you can see all three in one day.
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