Bugui Point Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located on Bugui Point in the town of Aroroy, in the northern tip of Masbate Island, province of Masbate, in the Philippines."Pub.112 List of Lights", p.190. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 2009. It lights the entrance to the channel between Burias Island and Masbate Island and the channel between Burias and Ticao Islands leading to San Bernardino Strait.Bureau of Insular Affairs, U.S. War Department, "A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Island", p.110. Washington Government Printing Office, 1902.
Work on the light began in October 1893 but was halted by the Philippine Revolution in 1896. After the Philippine-American War, lighthouse construction was resumed by the new American government in the Philippines; and Bugui Point Lighthouse was lit on December 1, 1902.
See also
List of lighthouses in the Philippines
References
External links Maritime Safety Services Command Light Stations of Bicol at the Philippine Coast Guard Website. Bugui Point Lighthouse: The Lonely Sentinel of Aroroy, Masbate