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{{Short description|Lighthouse in Fajardo, Puerto Rico}}
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{{Infobox lighthouse
| name = Cape San Juan Light
| location = [[Fajardo, Puerto Rico|Fajardo]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| image = Las Cabezas de San Juan Lighthouse.jpg
| caption = View from the top of the lighthouse
| coordinates = {{coord|18|22|52.|N|65|37|5.7|W|region:PR|display=inline,title}}
| yearlit = 1882
| yeardeactivated =
| automated = 1975
| intensity =
| elevation =
| foundation = stone base<ref name="nps">{{cite web |title=Cape San Juan Light |work=Inventory of Historic Light Stations |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/sanjuan.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704180017/http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/sanjuan.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 4, 2007 |date=September 18, 2006 |access-date=March 22, 2009}}</ref>
| construction = stone
| shape = [[Cylinder (geometry)|cylindrical]] tower with balcony and lantern
| marking = white tower with black band at the base, black lantern
| height = {{convert|45|ft}}<ref name="nps" />
| lens = Third order [[Fresnel lens|Fresnel]]<ref name="nps" />
| range =
| characteristic =
| fogsignal =
| module = {{Infobox NRHP
| embed = yes
| name = Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan
| nrhp_type =
| designated_other1_name = [[Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones|Puerto Rico Historic Sites and Zones]]
| designated_other1_color = #fa7070
| architecture = [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassic]]
| added = October 22, 1981
| mpsub = Lighthouse System of Puerto Rico TR
| refnum = 81000692<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
}}
}}

'''Cape San Juan Light''' (''Faro de Las Cabezas de San Juan'') is a historic [[lighthouse]] located on the northeastern part of the highest point of Cape San Juan in [[Fajardo, Puerto Rico]]. The lighthouse was constructed in 1880 and was officially lit on May 2, 1882. The original illuminating apparatus, not changed until after 1898, had an {{convert|18|mi|adj=on}} range and displayed a fixed white light which every three minutes flashed red.
[[File:Cape San Juan Light.jpg|thumb|left|Front of the lighthouse]]
The lighthouse owned by the [[Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico Conservation Trust]] is part of the [[Las Cabezas de San Juan (Puerto Rico)|Las Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/las-cabezas-de-san-juan-lighthouse/|title=Las Cabezas de San Juan Lighthouse - Municipalities | EnciclopediaPR|access-date=2020-04-11|archive-date=2020-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508030818/https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/las-cabezas-de-san-juan-lighthouse/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The {{convert|316|acre|adj=on}} reserve includes a [[bioluminescence]] bay, rare flora and fauna, various trails and boardwalks, and a scientific research center. Despite its small size, the reserve shelters seven different ecological systems, including beaches, lagoons, dry forest, coral reefs and mangroves.

In 1898, the lighthouse played a major role in the [[Battle of Fajardo]] during the [[Puerto Rican Campaign]] of the [[Spanish–American War]]. The lighthouse was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] by the [[United States government]] on October 22, 1981, and on the [[Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones]] in 2000.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO |first=JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO |date=December 7, 2022 |title=REGISTRO DE PROPIEDADES DESIGNADAS POR LA JUNTA DE PLANIFICACIÓN DE PUERTO RICO |url=https://jp.pr.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/REGISTRO-OFICIAL-DE-SITIOS-Y-ZONAS-HISTORICAS-DESIGNADAS-Rev.-DIC-2022.pdf |website=jp.pr.gov}}</ref>

In 2001, under the [[National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act]], it became the first lighthouse to be transferred to a non-governmental organization in Puerto Rico.<ref name="Interior">{{cite web|url=http://www.doi.gov/news/07_News_Releases/070430b.html |title=Deputy Secretary Scarlett Leads Ceremony Transferring Las Cabezas de San Juan Lighthouse to The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=2009-05-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507224510/http://www.doi.gov/news/07_News_Releases/070430b.html |archive-date=May 7, 2009 }}</ref>

==Gallery==
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Las Cabezas de San Juan PR Fajardo IMG 2386 Laguna Grande.JPG

</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of lighthouses in Puerto Rico]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080115224125/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/prvi/pr8.htm Faro De Las Cabezas De San Juan. National Park Service]
*{{HAER |survey=PR-18 |id=pr0040 |title=Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan, Cabezas de San Juan, Las Croabas, Fajardo Municipio, PR |photos=16 |color=2 |data=6 |cap=2}}
* [http://www.lonelyplanet.com/puerto-rico/eastern-puerto-rico/fajardo-and-around/sights/499378 Las Cabezas de San Juan Reserva Natural 'El Faro'. Lonely Planet review]
* [http://www.fideicomiso.org/ Puerto Rico Conservation Trust]

{{Lighthouses of Puerto Rico}}
{{NRHP in Fajardo, Puerto Rico}}
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[[Category:Lighthouses completed in 1882]]
[[Category:Fajardo, Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Historic American Engineering Record in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Spanish Colonial architecture in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Puerto Rico]]
[[Category:1882 establishments in Puerto Rico]]

Cape San Juan Light - Revision history

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