Poro Point

Poro Point forms the western boundary of San Fernando Bay where the city's downtown core and international seaport are located. To the south, it overlooks Lingayen Gulf which spreads all the way into the northern coast of Pangasinan up to Santiago Island in Bolinao. The headland is about wide rising gently to the northwest to an elevation of . White cliffs are prominent features along its western coastline. The entire peninsula covers an area of composed of coralline limestone possibly dating back to the Pleistocene age. The point is located about from the San Fernando Airport and some north-northwest of Manila. It is part of barangay Poro but administered by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority as a tourism and industrial estate. ==History==

Poro Point has been the site of a navigational aid since 1885. The first Poro Point Lighthouse built during the Spanish colonial period is a cylindrical steel tower that was prefabricated in France and was completed on November 28, 1885. It measures approximately in height and was one of the seventeen luces locales (local lights) built by the Spanish in the Philippines. On July 28, 1903, after the U.S. gained control of the Philippines from Spain, 200 meters of land surrounding the lighthouse was converted into a US reservation through Executive Order No. 06 signed by Civil Governor William H. Taft. The former Wallace Air Station has also been converted into a freeport and investment zone. ==Gallery==