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Access to the Port
Channel.
The Chipiona lighthouse, managed by the Port Authority of Seville, marks the start
of the approach channel to the River Guadalquivir.
After little more than
50 miles and going through a lock, you reach the Port of Seville.
The
entrance to the Port is clearly signalled with buoys and lies between Sanlucar
de Barrameda and the Doņana National Park, the most important natural reserve
in Europe covering over 50.000 Has
The river bed is sandy and navigation
is very safe with clear visibility enabling the successive changes in scenery
to be seen, a particularly agricultural scenery with riverside populations whose
usual activity is still fishing.
| Technical Features of the
Navigation Channel (Guadalquivir Estuary) | | Entrance:
Mouth of the Guadalquivir | | Longitude (Greenwich):
6ē 26,9 ´W | | Latitude: 36ē 45, 8´N |
| Wind Conditions: Prevail¡ng and Dominant ESE |
| Medium Width: 80 m. | | Depth:
6,5 m. under the maximum low-tide level. | | Sea Bed:
Sandy. | | Navigation Time: 5 hours. |
The port entrance is closed off by a Lock
which regulates the water level in the Port's commercial area. | |
