Crestón Island

Crestón Island
Native name: Isla del Crestón
	Crestón Island
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	23°10′40″N 106°25′39″W / 23.177689°N 106.427381°W
Administration
	Mexico
State	Sinaloa
Demographics
Population	0
Additional information
Time zone	MST (UTC-7);

Crestón Island or 'Crestón Hill' is located in the southern part of the mexican city of Mazatlán. It is the highest point in the entire city.^[1]

History[edit]

Since 1828, the hill was used as a maritime marker with bonfires to guide ships entering or leaving the port. In 1879, an oil lamp made in France was purchased to improve the function of the campfire, but in 1905 it was replaced by the lighthouse that stands today. Starting in 1930, it stopped being an island, since a stone road was built that linked it with the city of Mazatlán.^[2]

Faro Mazatlán[edit]

At the top of the mountain is the Faro Mazatlán, it is considered one of the highest lighthouses built on natural terrain in the world, at 157 meters above sea level.^[3] The path that reaches the top of the hill has 334 steps and measures 745 meters.^[4]

It is a highly visited site in the city, since the Faro Mazatlán Natural Park is located on the hill. In 2017, a glass bridge was built on the precipice of the hill, with a length of 30 meters, the glass has a thickness that resists up to 5 tons per square meter, the glass area is 18 meters.^[5] In April 2018, it opened to the public; people who enter the bridge are put on sticky plastic over their shoes, in order not to damage the glass.^[6]