Beacon
![A navigational beacon denoting the presence of Orontes Bank off Port Vincent, South Australia.](/Images/godic/202501/29/Beacon_at_Orontes_Bank1110.jpg"){kind=tracking}
![16th-century beacon hut in Culmstock, Devon, England](/Images/godic/202501/29/Culmstock,_Culmstock_Beacon_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2135251111.jpg"){kind=tracking}
![Beacon positions on police car](/Images/godic/202501/29/Beacon_positions1111.jpg"){kind=tracking}
A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location.
Beacons can also be combined with semaphoric or other indicators to provide important information, such as the status of an airport, by the colour and rotational pattern of its airport beacon, or of pending weather as indicated on a weather beacon mounted at the top of a tall building or similar site. When used in such fashion, beacons can be considered a form of optical telegraphy.