{{Short description|Lighthouse in Mauritania}} {{Infobox lighthouse | name = Cap Blanc Lighthouse | image = {{CSS image crop|Image = Cap Blanc - buildings - 2005-01-30 at 04-39-53.jpg |bSize = 750|cWidth = 220|cHeight = 250|oTop = 50|oLeft =585 |Location = right|Description =|right}} | image_width = | caption = Cap Blanc in 2005 | location = southwest of Nouadhibou, Mauritania<br>near the border with the<br>Western Sahara | coordinates = {{coord|20|46|20.5|N|17|02|51.2|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | yearbuilt = 1910 | yearlit = | automated = | yeardeactivated = | foundation = | construction = | shape = | marking = | height = | focalheight = | lens = | currentlens = | lightsource = | intensity = | range = | characteristic = | fogsignal = | admiralty = | country = | countrynumber = | countrylink = }} The '''Cap Blanc Lighthouse''' (also known as the '''Ras Nouadhibou Lighthouse''') is an active lighthouse located on Ras Nouadhibou (French: ''Cap Blanc'') in Mauritania. Constructed in 1910, it is today located only a few feet from Mauritania's border with Western Sahara.<ref name=rowlett/> In recent years the lighthouse has been incorporated as the rear range light of a pair of leading lights. A modern fiberglass light structure forms the front of the range. The lighthouse serves as a landfall light for the port of Nouadhibou.<ref name=rowlett>{{cite rowlett|mrt|accessdate= 10 January 2017}}</ref><ref name=ngall>{{cite ngall|113|2015|433}}</ref><ref name=Digest>{{cite web|title=Cap Blanc Light |url=http://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=3899|work=Lighthouse Explorer|publisher=Lighthouse Digest|accessdate=10 January 2017}}</ref> A few kilometers northeast near Cansado is the Pointe de Cansado lighthouse, built in 1913.

==See also== {{Portal|Mauritania|Engineering}} *List of lighthouses in Mauritania

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