Svjetionik je izgrađen 1849. godine na sjeverozapadnom rtu Dugog otoka.
Svjetionik je okružen gustom borovom šumom, prekrasnim uvalama i šljunčanim plažama i jedan je od najljepših na Jadranu.
Na udaljenosti od 3 km od svjetionika se nalaze sela Veli Rat, Verunić i Polje, pa se zbog cestovne povezanosti s naseljima gost može redovito opskrbljivati namirnicama.
Dugi otok je s kopnom povezan trajektnom vezom Zadar – Bribinj (vožnja trajektom traje sat i pol), a svjetionik je od Bribinja udaljen 9 km, pa se do svjetionika može doći osobnim vozilom (put je jednim dijelom neasfaltiran).
Svjetionik ima vlastitog domara.
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