The Caravelle peninsula constitutes a small concentration of the landscapes of Martinique: banana plantations, meadows with shrubs sculpted by the trade winds, dry forest in height or tropical forest at the bottom of the valleys, mangroves full of fish, cliffs beaten by the waves, and sheltered beaches in the bottom of the creeks. It includes at its end the 988 acres (400 ha) of the nature reserve of the Caravelle peninsula created in 1976 and managed by the Parc Naturel Regional de la Martinique. More than 150 plant species characteristic of the Lesser Antilles and dozens of bird species have been recorded there. The red Caravelle lighthouse (photo) was commissioned in 1862 and automated in 1970. Located at the top of a basalt peak, it rises to 533 ft (162.55 m) above the sea, making it the highest lighthouse in France and the oldest of the four lighthouses still in operation on the island. Listed as a Historical Monument since 2013, it appears in the stamp collection entitled Repères de nos côtes (Landmarks of our coasts) published in 2019.