Lighthouses.
Along the coasts of the Republic, watered by the Atlantic Ocean and the River Plate, there are eleven lighthouses, established in the most convenient points, to guide and advise the sailors. To them must be attributed the notable diminution in the number of shipwrecks.
| Situation | Light | Class | Luminous | Tax to | ||
| power | be paid | |||||
| Cape Santa Maria | flash | 1st | 18 | miles | 2 | cts. |
| Polonio | steady | 3d | 15 & 16 | " | 1¾ | " |
| Jose Ignacio | " | 3d | 15 | " | 1 | " |
| Punta Brava | " | 4th | 8 | " | 1 | " |
| Farallon | " | 3d | 15 | " | 1 | " |
| Panela | " | 4th | 9 | " | 1 | " |
| Colonia | turni'g | 3d | 12 | " | 1 | " |
| Cerro | " | 1st | 25 | " | 1 | " |
| Isle of Flores | " | 2d | 15 | " | 1 | " |
| Banco Ingles | steady | 3d | 9 | " | 1 | " |
| Punta del Este | flash | 2d | 16 & 18 | " | 1 | " |