One of many lighthouses located throughout the Canary Islands, the San Cristóbal Lighthouse replaced an earlier light at the headland which overlooks the approaches to San Sebastián de La Gomera, the main port and capital of La Gomera. The current lighthouse was commissioned in 1978, replacing an earlier one which dates from 1903.The Canary Islands, belonging to Spain, are a group of seven volcanic islands located in the Atlantic Ocean close the southern coast of Morocco.
